Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso dissolves parliament through “cross death” mechanism
Lasso’s decision comes a day after the National Assembly began an impeachment hearing against him, which could have removed him from office
IACHR slams Peru’s de facto government for human rights violations against protesters
The IACHR said that the state’s response to demonstrators was characterized by the “disproportionate, indiscriminate and lethal use of force,” and could be classified as “extrajudicial executions” and “massacres”
New wave of violence in Ecuador’s prisons leaves 19 inmates dead in four days
According to official data, 442 prisoners have been killed in different massacres in prisons since January 2021
Peru’s coup government is privatizing lithium mining
The move to privatize one of the country’s key strategic resources has been widely rejected by Indigenous community and left movements
Argentina and Brazil rejoin UNASUR
UNASUR was founded in May 2008, with the objective to build regional integration in the cultural, economic, social and political areas while respecting the diversity of each of the member nations
Argentina commemorates victims of military dictatorship on the 47th anniversary of US-backed coup
Hundreds of thousands of Argentines marched to remember the 30,000 victims of the country’s last and bloodiest dictatorship
Bolivian President Arce hopes for a “sincere dialogue” with Chilean authorities on sovereign access to sea
During the commemoration of the Battle of Calama, Bolivian President Luis Arce called on his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric to initiate a new stage of bilateral relations and address the historical issues that separate the two nations
Bribery charges to be filed against former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno
In addition to Moreno, his wife, one of their daughters, as well as two brothers and two sisters-in-law are among those investigated in the Sinohydro case, formerly known as the INA Papers case