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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru—In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Boston Globe,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF

This is the second in a two-part series on the indigenous empowerment movement in Latin America and its challenges. Part I moved

In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his ...

From FRANK BAJAK, eTaiwan News,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UNICEF

Indian political awakening stirs Latin America

JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia—In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Boston Globe,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Evo Morales,  United Nations,  Indigenous (musician),  Rafael Correa,  World Bank

This is the first in a two-part series on the indigenous empowerment movement in Latin America and its challenges. The second pa

In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right ...

From FRANK BAJAK, eTaiwan News,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Evo Morales,  United Nations,  Indigenous (musician),  Rafael Correa,  World Bank

Pact signed to expand US use of Colombia bases

BOGOTA (AP) -- In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers on Friday signed a pact giving American personnel expanded access to military bases in this drug-producing country, a deal that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Buffalo News,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: US State Department,  Hugo Chávez,  US Department of Defense,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Alvaro Uribe

US, Colombia sign pact to expand US use of bases

BOGOTA - In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers on Friday signed a pact to expand Washington's military's presence, a deal that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region's security. ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hugo Chávez,  US Department of Defense,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Alvaro Uribe

Guard killed in jailbreak by Colombia rebel leader

Machine gun-firing rebels on motorbikes attacked a prison Wednesday, springing a guerrilla commander charged with kidnapping two journalists on assignment for the Los Angeles Times. One guard was killed and another suffered multiple gunshot ...

From FRANK BAJAK, eTaiwan News,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Los Angeles Times

Court: No extradition in journalists' abduction

The Colombian Supreme Court has denied a U.S. request to extradite a rebel commander accused of ordering the 12-day kidnapping in 2003 of two journalists on assignment for The Los Angeles Times. Gustavo Anibal Giraldo, alias "Pablo," should be ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Taiwan News,  26 Sep 2009

Rocket launchers sold to Venezuela went to FARC

Swedish-made anti-tank rocket launchers sold to Venezuela years ago were obtained by Colombia's main rebel group, and Sweden said Monday it was demanding an explanation. Colombia said its military found the weapons in a captured rebel arms cache ...

From FRANK BAJAK, eTaiwan News,  27 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Alvaro Uribe,  Saab,  Hugo Chávez,  Raul Reyes

AP Newsbreak: Rebel video hounds Ecuador's Correa

BOGOTA - An hour-long video police found in a computer of an alleged rebel appears to dispel any doubts that Colombia's largest rebel army gave money to the 2006 election campaign of President Rafael Correa of Ecuador. . . . ...

From FRANK BAJAK, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Rafael Correa,  Organization of American States,  Raul Reyes,  Hugo Chávez,  Juan Manuel Santos

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