Month: November 2007
Pueblos indígenas se organizan contra la carretera de la soya en la Amazonía Peruana
Fuente: Americas Program Versión original: An Interview with Julio CusurichiTraducción por: Zachary Hurwitz La Iniciativa para la Integración Regional de la Infraestructura de Sudamérica (IIRSA) es la versión más reciente de una serie de esquemas […]
Paraguay: The Dark Side of the Soy Boom
(IPS) – A sea of green stretches as far as the eye can see on both sides of the dirt road leading to the communities of Lima, Capiibary and Guayaibí, 250 km from the capital, […]
Hondurans Weary After Two Years of Zelaya
Zelaya Rosales
When Manuel Zelaya Rosales of the center-left Liberal Party was elected president of Honduras in November 2005, many in the country and internationally heralded him as the latest member of Latin America’s “New Left” club. […]
Guatemala’s Indigenous Countryside Drives Election Victory Over Atrocity-Linked General
Source: Democracy Now! Listen to || Download Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD In an upset victory, Alvaro Colom, who […]
SOA Vigil November 16-18: Take A Stand For Human Rights
Source: SOA Watch Come celebrate with us and join torture survivors, students, social movement leaders, religious workers, the Indigo Girls, Congressman Jim McGovern, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the 1000 Grandmothers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, […]
Honduras: Death Threat Prompts Reporter to Flee
(IPS) – The news director of the Radio Cadena Voces (RCV) radio station, Dagoberto Rodríguez, fled Honduras Thursday after the police warned him that he could be killed by "sicarios" (paid gunmen) in the next […]
Oil’s Bloody Secrets in Ecuador and Bolivia
Burning gas
Swedish company Skanska’s oil affairs in Latin America demonstrate ethical and legal infractions including falsified invoices, bribery scandals, extortion, environmental destruction and serious violations of human rights.
Latin America’s New Petro-Politics
As Latin American citizens elect more left-leaning leaders, countries are increasingly turning away from multinational energy companies and shifting their energy policies inward, nationally and regionally. […]
Soy Terrorism in Paraguay
The community of Tekojoja in Eastern Paraguay has once again found itself under attack, and the Popular Agrarian Movement (Movimiento Agrario y Popular, MAP), the peasant organization involved in the community, is publicly denouncing those responsible. […]