News of killings

Fury over alleged war crimes in Ukraine has been swift – justice likely won't be

08-04-2022 23:56 Ukrainian investigators began to exhume a mass grave in Bucha on Friday, opening the early stages of what police say will be a war crimes case targeting Russian troops who occupied the Kyiv commuter town.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

UN rights chief 'horrified' by Bucha killings, Russia denies 'war crimes' claim

04-04-2022 09:00 UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet voices horror at images of dead bodies in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and warns of possible war crimes; Moscow "categorically rejects all allegations."

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Tougher Russia sanctions urged over Ukraine 'war crimes' in Bucha

04-04-2022 08:54 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky slams Russian troops as "murderers, torturers, rapists, looters" after allegations emerged of atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv.

Violence in Latin America

Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador

03-03-2022 13:50 An intensifying drug war has shocked once-peaceful Ecuador with scenes of horrific violence.

Human rights

Ex-Colombia president Uribe denies blame for killings

17-08-2021 13:36 Colombia's military carried out at least 6,400 extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2008, during Uribe's presidency, a special court investigating nation's decades-long armed conflict concluded in June.

Venezuelan exodus

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

24-06-2021 09:50 At least 1,933 Venezuelan migrants were killed in Colombia between 2015 and 2020, and another 836 are "considered missing," reports Colombian NGO

Murders in Colombia

Wave of massacres signals new chapter in Colombia's conflict

23-09-2020 17:35 Rather than a national dispute between guerrillas and the state, violence in rural Colombia is now marked by a patchwork of local feuds between criminal groups who fight over drug routes, illegal mines and even gasoline smuggling routes.

News of killings

Fury over alleged war crimes in Ukraine has been swift – justice likely won't be

UN rights chief 'horrified' by Bucha killings, Russia denies 'war crimes' claim

Tougher Russia sanctions urged over Ukraine 'war crimes' in Bucha

Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador

Ex-Colombia president Uribe denies blame for killings

NGO: Almost 2,000 Venezuelan refugees murdered in Colombia in 5 years

Wave of massacres signals new chapter in Colombia's conflict

Venezuela and Colombia name ambassadors in step toward normalisation

Inflation hit 7.4% in July – highest monthly rate since April 2002

Volcano goes from ‘sacred’ to secular in 24 hours as Mapuche tensions rise

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner counter-attacks with claims against Judiciary

With Argentina’s backing, UN votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council

Alberto Fernández cuestionó las casas de madera y los fabricantes salieron a responderle

El exabrupto de Tombolini sobre la inflación: "No me explico el aumento de la ropa. Estoy recaliente"

Espert lanzó un duro pronóstico por la inflación: "Argentina va a terminar miserable como Somalia"

Qué dice "Los versos satánicos", el libro por el cual hace 32 años Irán ordenó ejecutar a Salman Rushdie

Nueva ley para la compra de antibióticos: qué cambia y lo que hay que saber