…of AI recalled that the complaints about torture presented to the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH) increased by 600 percent between 2003 and 2013. José Guevara the executive director of CMDPDH specified that between 2007 and 2014, over four thousand reports on this were filed before the PGR. There have not yet been any sentencings, nor has the PGR said from where the reports originated or who the victims are. The four men were accused of…

…ties to open in Cuba. As travel visas are more available, charter airplane companies are offering services from New York and New Orleans to Havana, Cuba. Also, companies such as MasterCard and AirBnB have announced plans to open operations on the island. Already, charter and ferry companies have seen large increases in bookings to bring U.S. tourists to Havana. According to MercoPress , the number of European and Canadian tourists has been increas…

…the shared Lake Titicaca. This according to both the Peruvian Times and El Comercio of Lima . The issues discussed at the cabinet session included the environment, water resources, security and defense, economic development, social issues, institutions, and infrastructure. One of the things both leaders agreed upon was the joint intervention of the illegal mining activity that is polluting the Suches River basin, and to double down on the dwindlin…

…eeming to care about the effects his statements may have for the Colombian community in Venezuela, tacitly allocated compatriots who have migrated to the neighboring country the responsibility of the political, economic, social, and food crisis that is facing that country under his rule. The number of Venezuelans who migrated to Colombia is a figure estimated at five million 600 thousand people so far. Venezuela, as the current foundation of its f…

…and private organizations in the region that highlights those high impact community programs that combat poverty on this side of the continent.” The call, open in 2014, received a total of 31 applications from projects in nine member countries, of which the three winners were selected on five criteria: approach to development, transfer and use of benefits, positive transformation of the community, program sustainability, and relevance according t…

…ionalization of Peruvian franchises, with emphasis on the Latin market. Ecuador was a likely target of this expansion since it is a market with 17 million consumers, has an income per capita of US $6,600 and in 2014 its GDP grew 3.8% with possibilities of continuing that trend in the current year….

…chnicality in the statute of limitations. Mario Sandoval is accused of over 600 human rights violations, including torture. He moved to France after the fall of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship and obtained French citizenship in 1997. The French-Argentine had appealed a May 2014 appeals court ruling that paved the way for his extradition. This recent ruling by the Cour de Cassation now sends the case back to an appeals court in Versaill…

…hich secured a nomination in 2010, chose a police drama: Gabriel Ripstein’s 600 Miles, a film which has already competed at the Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastián Film Festivals. Ripstein’s movie, which stars Tim Roth, Kristyan Ferrer, and Aurora Herrington-Auerbach, revolves around the world of arms trafficking between the United States and Mexico. NN, directed by Héctor Gálvez, was Peru’s entry into the competition. The film explores the difficu…

…ere’s interest in the film in every region of the country and it’s already common to find audiences applauding after viewings, something that makes us really proud.” Notably, Colombia Magia Salvaje continues to be shown at all the theaters at which it opened, an unusual situation not only for a film that has been running for a month but also for a domestic film competing with big budget Hollywood fare, which is by far the most popular draw among C…

…to El Faro , by a visibly emotional Bustamente, who thanked his crew for accompanying him on his cinematic “adventure.” A joint collaboration between Edgard Tenembaum’s Paris-based Tu Vois Voir Productions and Guatemala’s La Casa de Producción, “Ixcanul” follows the travails of a seventeen-year old Mayan girl named María as she faces up to the difficulties of transitioning to adulthood. Filmed on location at the edge of Guatemala’s Ixcanul volcano…