News of groups

Indigenous Colombians fret as sacred mountain glaciers melt

28-02-2024 11:50 The inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada range in north Colombia share fears about changing climate as record heat waves melt glacial peaks and ruin crops.

POLITICS

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich deepens anti-picket doctrine

19-02-2024 16:37 Argentina's security minister is moving forward with her anti-picket protocol with social conflict on the rise and wants the courts to be swifter in lifting roadblocks – the order from her portfolio is not to dialogue with social organisations and union leaders.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Columbia

Colombian armed groups forcibly recruited nearly 190 kids in 2023: report

13-02-2024 13:20 Nearly 190 children as young as nine were forcibly recruited by armed groups in Colombia last year, the country's rights ombudsman said Monday.

SECURITY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Milei government orders social groups, unions to pay for protest

13-01-2024 22:04 Security Ministry sends summons to more than a dozen unions and social organisations, ordering them to pay the state millions of pesos for the policing of recent demonstrations within 10 days.

ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTEST

Anti-austerity protesters rally in first test of new anti-picket protocol

20-12-2023 20:10 Left-wing groups stage demonstration in Buenos Aires on anniversary of 2001 protests; Bullrich claims success as first public protest against Milei administration passes off peacefully.