The president of the Human Rights Committee of Mercosul Parliament, Uruguayan Adriana Peña, proposed on Thursday (4) a higher level of integration between its member states regarding the implementation of human rights policies. At the opening of a public hearing promoted by the committee, in Brasília, she reminded that Argentina and Brazil have already elaborated annual reports on the theme, while Paraguay and Uruguay - the two other permanent member states of Mercosul - have not yet adopted the same policies.
In the worst violent act in the history of Bolivia's democracy, a campaign by opposition Prefects in Bolivia seeking to destabilize the MAS government, took the lives of as many as 30 people, and wounded dozens more, in the Amazonian province of Pando. Most regional governments expressed condemnation, while the United States remained silent. Inesc reproduces this article published by Biceca.org about the situation in Bolivia. The silence of the American government is criticized by civil society organizations in the continent.
