Month: April 2017
-
AMERICAS
Venezuela braces for the ‘mother of all protests’
As dissatisfaction with the government grows, opposition leader needs no reminder of the risks involved in inflaming an already febrile…
Read More » -
Travel
San Agustín Archaeological Park in Colombia
The park was declared a World Heritage Site in 1995
Read More » -
ANALYSIS
As Colombia emerges from War, new challenges mount
Regional and hemispheric migration flows have prevailed in Colombia since the 1960s.
Read More » -
Environment
New era for nature in Colombia
Researchers are embarking on a major collaboration to characterise Colombia's plant and animal life
Read More » -
AMERICAS
Colombia’s new conflict as war with Farc ends
Last year’s deal with the guerrilla group left a power vacuum, putting authorities and residents on edge amid new violence:…
Read More » -
AMERICAS
Bolivia coca growers seek suspension of new coca law
Yungas coca growers have protested from the outset against expanding the crop area to include the Chapare region and demanded…
Read More » -
AMERICAS
11 LatAm nations repudiate deaths of 6 demonstrators in Venezuela
Signing the declaration were the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.
Read More » -
AMERICAS
Paraguay president backs off re-election bid
The President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, says he will no longer seek re-election after his bid to change the constitution…
Read More » -
ECONOMY
Mercosur and Canada hold talks for a possible trade agreement
The meeting took place given Argentina's commitment, as chair of Mercosur, to boost regional dialogue with Canada, as it was…
Read More » -
ANALYSIS
Venezuela and the eclipse of American leadership
Venezuela’s steady descent IGNORE INTO chaos has repeatedly prompted pundits like me to predict that the authoritarian populist regime founded…
Read More »