Dispute raises doubts over Brazil's Amazon dams

Brazilian government's permission to go ahead for the construction of two hydro-electric dams has met with stiff protest from enviornmental groups. The Madeira River projects have been most enviormentally...

Peru: Lima woman kills mother with liquid cocaine

"A teenage woman was arrested early Wednesday morning in the Limean district of Comas after she was held responsible for her mother's death. According to police reports, 18-year-old Julia Anda Reynaldo hid liquid...

FAO rushes aid to poor Peruvian farmers

Amid a world food crisis, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is helping poor Peruvian farmers confront a cold spell threat called "El Friaje". This friaje phenomenon "involves a combination of unseasonable low temperatures, frosts, snow and hail that damages crops...

Ecuador says US must leave Manta air base

"The U.S. military must stop using its only outpost in South America for anti-drug flights when Washington's 10-year lease on the base in Ecuador expires in 2009, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Leftist President Rafael Correa has repeatedly said that Ecuador would not...

Evo morales: Bolivian government is victim of media terrorism

Amid the campaign for a recall referendum in few days time, Bolivian President Evo Morales accused media owners- not journalists- of misinforming over his administration. He called such policy media terrorism....

Peru: President Alan Garcia confronts high inflation and increasing poverty

Peru´s President and  leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party Alan Garcia has the lowest popularity record ever during his current two year old administration. According to Telesur, only 26% of the...

Farc Spanish "representative" arrested (Updated)

 " UPDATES: "MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish woman suspected of being a liaison between the leadership of Colombia's FARC rebel group and its members based in Europe was freed on conditional bail Sunday, a court said" " A 57 Spaniard woman, Maria Remedios Garcia Albert,...

Grieving Relatives Seek Closure as University Massacre Victims are Reburied i...

July 18, 2008, Lima, Peru: The remains of nine students and a professor who were murdered in 1992 at La Cantuta University were reunited with their families in Lima this week, bringing a symbolic conclusion to...

Fearing arsenic pollution, Peru stops Canadian Gold Hawk Resources from expl...

Amid fears over arsenic lead and cadmium pollution in water supply near Lima, Peru´s government has asked Canadian Gold Hawk Resources to stop operations. " Peru hit by mine pollution emergency By Naomi Mapstone in Lima Published: July 20 2008 19:49 | Last updated: July...

Ufo video

" Santiago, Peru I showed this videos to several friends and family, but nobody seems to have a rational explanation of what is shown here. And why wait about 3 years?, well I filmed this, I show this to a lot of people including UFO researchers here in Chile and TV stations...

'Strange objects' discovered in man with stomach pain

What on earth can caused a-38-year old man to eat metal objects, though he was reported to be mentally ill but it is really very strange how these 17 metal objects got into this man's tomach, was he eating them directly as if he was participating in a dog eating competition?...

Anti-government protests hit Peru

"Thousands of people have joined marches and strikes across Peru in protest at rising prices and the government's free-market policies. They say the government has not spread the wealth from an economic boom. Strikers gathered in a main square in the capital, Lima, waving...

Peru held a national strike against neo liberal policies (updated)

Updates: According to Peruvian President Alan Gacia, leftist opposition groups are plotting against his government and trying to topple him A national strike took place today in Peru. Protesters were demanding...

Ecuador government seizes TV stations

As part of its fight against corruption, the governement of Rafael Correa decided to sieze three TV stations. In reaction to the goverment action, these TV stations have claimed a breach in their freedom of expression. " Ecuador seizes TV stations, companies in debt...

Who the Hell is Matt, 20 million views later

If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend the "Where the Hell is Matt" video that's been all the rage on YouTube lately. The video shows a man, Matt, doing the same awkward dance with locals in 42 countries...

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