Some 15,000 ships, carrying 5% of the world’s sea-going cargo, already pass through the Panama Canal every year. But when a third set of locks capable of handling larger vessels is completed in 2014, analysts expect the annual canal cargo volume to double. This will ensure that in the 21st [...]

American businessman Jacob Ostreicher, held in Bolivia for over a year without formal charges and without bail at the dangerous Palmasola prison run by inmates, was visited by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House panel that oversees international human rights. Smith accompanied Ostreicher to a hearing Monday [...]

The Organization of American States (OAS) just held its 42nd general assembly in Cochabamba, Bolivia. During the general assembly, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, in a renewed attack against freedom of the press, sought to block the release the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IACHR) report of press freedom in the Americas. [...]

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on the Senate floor regarding the arrest of Cuban pro-democracy leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez “Antunez” pursuant to his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Related PostsCuba’s Oil Bust by Marya O’Grady (Apr 24, 2013) Student being shot by policeman in Venezuela (VIDEO) (Apr 18, [...]

“The U.S. State Department’s Inadequate Response to Human Rights Concerns in Bolivia: The Case of American Jacob Ostreicher” Africa, Global Health and Human Rights Subcommittee Excerpts of Remarks by Chairman Chris Smith June 6, 2012 Good morning, and thank you for joining us for this extremely important hearing to examine [...]

Jose Amalio Graterol, who is  currently  the attorney of the Judge Maria de Lourdes Afiuni, was arrested on Monday by National Guards in Venezuela. Graterol was working on a case in a court near the city of Caracas where he refused to initiate a trial without his client’s presence. For that reason, [...]