A Chilean court has confirmed jail terms for seven elderly retired soldiers for the 1973 murder of beloved folk singer Victor Jara in the aftermath of the coup d’etat that installed Augusto Pinochet. The soldiers, aged between 73 and 85 and free men until the ruling, will now have to...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government continues to use arbitrary detention to crack down on political opponents, Amnesty International has said, calling on Caracas to release all detainees. In a report on Tuesday, Amnesty documented the cases of people it said were “victims of...
Brazilian authorities have declined a US request to extradite an alleged Russian spy, saying that he would eventually be sent to Russia instead. Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov is accused of entering the US under a false identity to spy on Americans in the lead up to Russia’s invasion of...
Colombian police have arrested the president’s son on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment as part of a high-profile probe into funds he allegedly collected during last year’s election campaign. The chief prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Nicolas Petro and his ex...
There is a tense calm in Lima ahead of a new round of anti-government protests this week, which will see tens of thousands of police deployed in Peru’s capital as demonstrators once again seek political reform and accountability for the alleged abuses during previous rallies. While stuck...
