[Bicentennial festivities in Buenos Aires saw a huge public recreation of Argentine history, good and bad times included.]

[If we look at what happened in Venezuela's recession, it does appear that it could have been avoided altogether. ]

DAS Officers Sold Information to Drug Traffickers

Thursday 20th May 2010, by Cameron Sumpter - Colombia Reports

[In addition to the racial profiling encouraged by Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant law, the Hispanic community in this country is the target of a different kind of profiling, as well: the military’s targeting of Latino recruits. Below is a report from independent media activist and community organiser Marco Amador of Producciones Cimarrón and the Center for Community Communications and the Big Noise media collective.]

[In Puerto Rico, an ongoing strike by students at the University of Puerto Rico is coming to a head. The strike began nearly four weeks ago in response to budget cuts at the university of more than $100 million.]

Student Strike at University of Puerto Rico Enters 28th Day

Monday 17th May 2010, by Democracy Now!

Brazilian singer/songwriter performs his song 'Serrado'

[In this feature-length documentary, filmmaker Patricio Henriquez seeks to untangle the web of lies surrounding the Chilean navy's training vessel, the 'Esmeralda'. Heralded as a symbol of national pride, a dark secret lies behind the facade of the ship the Chileans call The White Lady: Following the 1973 coup d'état, it was used as a floating prison. Thirty years later, the victims of the dictatorship are demanding justice. 'The Dark Side of the White Lady' is a fascinating journey to uncover the truth.]

Traversing Latin America with Documentaries

Friday 14th May 2010, by Supriyo Chatterjee - Less Told Stories

Griselda Moreno and Viviana García, two Argentinean women in their mid-30s, have been taking their love of films and documentaries all over Latin and Central America in a journey of some 80,000 km, the first phase of which will end later this year.

[Science is helping to bring a former Argentine dictator to justice with expertise that will haunt perpetrators of state violence.]

Forensic Science for Human Rights

Thursday 13th May 2010, by Joseph Huff-Hannon - The Guardian (Comment is Free)

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