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Honduras: Garifuna Resistance to Mega-Tourism in Tela Bay

Wed, 08/06/2008 - 5:02pm
Garifuna communities have managed to survive numerous perils over the last 400 years: slavery, military aggressions by several European nations,...

Colombia: Interview with Antonio Navarro Wolf

Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:12pm
Antonio Navarro Wolf, a former guerrilla leader of the M-19 and currently governor of Nariño, talks with Upside Down World...

‘A New Alliance of the Americas’? Reflections of 1961 for Obama in 2008

Tue, 08/05/2008 - 10:36am
In 2008, as the new regional dynamic of the Left continues to develop, now most often from within the seats...

Indigenous Organizations to Support Ecuador’s Constitution

Thu, 07/31/2008 - 11:42am
In a lengthy meeting on July 29, Ecuador’s highland Indigenous organization Ecuarunari decided to support in a tepid and tentative...

Venezuelan Youth: A Potential Antidote to the Weaknesses of the Revolution

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 1:47pm
In Venezuela, the organised revolutionary youth have the potential to be an antidote to old capitalist habits of corruption, bureaucracy,...

What is the Venezuelan News Media Actually Like?

Tue, 07/29/2008 - 8:24am
21 Caracas Daily Newspapers, Diverse Community Radio and TV Stations, Disprove the US-Propagated Myths

Wayward Allies: President Rafael Correa and the Ecuadorian Left

Fri, 07/25/2008 - 12:03pm
Outside of Ecuador, most progressives consider President Rafael Correa to be a Leftist champion of social and economic justice. Inside...

Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote

Wed, 07/23/2008 - 1:05pm
In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote...

Lucio, The Good Bandit: Reflections of an Anarchist

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 5:21pm
Lucio Urtubia could be described as a modern day Robin Hood, a man who stole from the rich to give...

Guatemala: Forced Disappearance and the Search for Justice in El Jute

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 12:54pm
We are fighting so that our kids won’t ever have to know the pain of what we lived through...

Bolivian President Evo Morales on the WTO’s Round of Negotiations

Tue, 07/22/2008 - 10:27am
The WTO negotiations have turned into a fight by developed countries to open markets in developing countries to favor their...

A Recent History of the Disability Rights Movement in El Salvador

Fri, 07/18/2008 - 8:29am
Many argue that El Salvador has come a long way towards trying to repair its disabled past by declaring itself...

Central America: Winners and Losers in the Global Mining Industry

Fri, 07/18/2008 - 7:45am
There is a huge distance geographically between where the corporate, financial and investor decisions are taken to initiate and extend...

Argentina: “Domino Effect” Feared in Withdrawal of Mining Company

Wed, 07/16/2008 - 9:48am
On June 25, British mining company Alexander Gold announced their withdrawal from a $40 million mining project in the province...

Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance

Tue, 07/15/2008 - 4:45pm
After almost a year of arduous work, Oxfam America will be presenting in Guatemala the photo-publication titled Metal Mining in...

The Soybean Crop in Uruguay: The Creation of a Power Block

Tue, 07/15/2008 - 6:59am
In Uruguay, as in all other countries in the region, the expansion of single-crop agriculture (monoculture) combined with the powerful...

Nicaraguans Demand Justice From World Bank-Financed Sugar Cane Company

Fri, 07/11/2008 - 11:41am
Communities in the Northern Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua are hoping to attract national and international attention to their struggle against...

Confrontation Over Mexican Oil Privatization Plan Intensifies

Thu, 07/10/2008 - 11:42am
Proposals to privatize Mexico’s state-owned oil industry have sparked a powerful movement in the streets, led by a leftist political...

Argentina: Mining Corp. Charged with "Crimes Against Environment"

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 9:52am
The Federal Chambers of Tucumán in Argentina recently brought criminal charges of environmental contamination against Julián Rooney, Vice-President of Bajo...

Get On The Bus: Curitiba, Brazil Rolls Out a Transit Solution

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 9:49am
The first thing a visitor to Curitiba, Brazil sees upon arriving at the city’s bus terminal is a line of...