Month: September 2006
Slave Labor in Brazil
Between 25,000 and 40,000 workers in Brazil are employed in situations analogous to slavery according to the ILO, the International Labor Organization. According to their report, titled ”Slave Labor in Brasil in the 21st century,” the practice is […]
Canadian Mining Woes in Guatemala
Nearly 2000 Mayan Indians occupied land in a mining concesion owned by a Canadian mining company. TheQ’eqchi Indians are demanding that the land be returned to them for subsistence farming. The country’s 1996 Peace […]
Resistance to Smelter in Trinidad
An agreement to build a $1.5 billion smelter in Soutwestern Trinidad by U.S. based ALCOA Inc. has caused continuous protests and left tens of thousands of residents worried about the environmental and social destruction it […]
El Rap en Aymara: El Hip Hop Boliviano como instrumento de la lucha
A 12 ooo pies de altitud, el movimiento de hip hop de El Alto es probablemente el más alto en el mundo. La música se mezcla con estilos folklóricos ancestrales y modernos sonidos del hip […]
Ecuador’s Indigenous Presidential Candidate
Support for former vice-president León Roldós fell this month in Ecuador, according to a poll by Informe Confidencial. The first round of presidential elections will take place on October 15, 2006. If no candidate recieves […]
Lula in the Lead
A recent survey indicates that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in the lead in the upcoming Brazilian elections. The interviews with 3,816 Brazilian adults, conducted by Datafolha / Folha de Sao Paulo on […]