South America

Guayaquil,  March 14 (Andes).- President Rafael Correa described as positive, the ruling of the International Court of Justice against the lawsuit of Chevron that wanted Ecuador to pay for the environmental damage cuased in the Amazon, based on an agreement signed…

La Paz, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales, today stressed that the countries of Latin America are closer than ever to the policy US government seeks to impose. From Cobija, capital of the Amazonian department of Pando and…

Quito, Mar 16 (Andes).- Last Saturday, chancellors from the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) confirmed their support to have a national political dialogue in Venezuela and asked the United States to repeal the executive order that declares Venezuela a “threat”…

Quito, March 14 (Andes).-President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said on Saturday the meeting of foreign ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) will be held this afternoon in Quito to analyze the declaration of United States of Venezuela…

On International Women’s Day Pressenza brings to our readers attention the voice of Siloist Norma Coronel as translated by fellow traveller Andres Pellegrini: “It is no longer necessary to say that night has fallen upon the world. I woke up…

The Humanist Party in Buenos Aires is looking for the necessary support so that it can present an independent list of candidates in the “simultaneous and obligatory open primaries” (PASO in Spanish initials), in other words, without forming alliances with…

Pax Christi International – Peace Award 2015 Women, Peace and Security Collective for Reflection and Action (Colombia) PRESS RELEASE, Brussels, 23 February 2015 The 2015 Pax Christi International Peace Award has been granted to the Women, Peace and Security Collective for…

London, 21 February- The Argentina Embassy in London has received from a wide range of personalities from various sectors in the UK – journalists, politicians, intellectuals and union leaders, as well as local activists – a statement regarding solidarity with…

GENEVA (IDN) – Ahead of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) scheduled for April 27 to May 22, 2015 in New York, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean…

By Monserrat Sepulveda Rarely, do we activists get the opportunity to take out our rainbow flags and banners, not to stage a demonstration, but to celebrate. On January 28, Chilean activists had that rare opportunity: after four years of intense…