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Tools Of Torture: A Look Inside Argentina’s Jails
The footage is dark and grainy, but the view of the prison courtyard is clear enough. It appears to be empty, until suddenly three men are sprinting towards the far corner. A brief fight ensues, before...
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Top 5 Alternative Museums
Of course in a metropolitan city such as Buenos Aires, Fine Art museum, MALBA and the Evita museum can not be missed. However, behind these big names of Argentina’s museum world, there are a lot more...
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Project of the Week: La Belgranense
IdeaMe is an online platform, which helps creators, be they inventors, artists, or designers, among others, to finance their projects through crowd funding. The Indy features and promotes one project...
View ArticleLatin America: Commission Reports Violations of Human Rights in Prisons
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) has presented an overview of the current regional prison situation in “Report on Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas,” in...
View ArticleVenezuela: Police Regain Control of Merida Prison Following Riots
After a deadly riot lasting more than 20 days, Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard regained control of the Cepra penitentiary in the western part of the Merida state. Prisons Minister Iris Varela...
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Bolivia: Prison Riot Leaves at Least 15 Dead
Santa Cruz department, in BoliviaAt least 15 prisoners have been killed and 50 injured in a fight between inmates early this morning at Palmasola Prison in the department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The...
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Bolivian Prisons: Self-Government or Anarchy?
In the early morning of 23th August, maximum security prison Palmasola, in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia, erupted into chaotic gang violence that left 35 people dead. One of the largest prisons in...
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Latin America News Roundup: 8th January 2014
President Nicolás Maduro addresses the governors and mayors at the government house (Photo: AVN/Télam/dsl) Venezuela: President Nicolás Maduro called for the creation of a “model of democratic...
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