By 8.30 pm on arguably the most contested and historically important elections in Salvadoran history, it was apparent that Mauricio Funes of the FMLN, the 1980s armed-leftist-guerrilla-group-turned-political-party, had won. Starting June 1st, El Salvador will be governed by a leftist government for the first time in history, and also for the first time, Salvadorans will have a peaceful, democratic transfer of power.
Source: Venezuela Analysis "Caracas: one of the most dangerous cities of the planet…" goes the blurb for the movie ‘Express Kidnapping’ – the only Venezuelan film so far viewed internationally, and the top grossing movie […]
Source: Venezuela Analysis Mérida, March 5th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) — Following a week of inspections of privately owned rice processing facilities aimed at assuring the supply of essential foods at regulated prices, the Venezuelan government initiated […]
The new documentary Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas proves that democracy can and should be more than casting a ballot every four years. This empowering film gives hopeful and concrete examples from around the Americas of people taking back the reigns of power and governing their own communities. […]
El precio del fuego Las luchas por los recursos naturales y los movimientos sociales en Bolivia Un diálogo con el periodista Benjamin Dangl Sábado, 4 de Abril, 19:30 en Fundación Vida Joven (Granaderos 1785, esquina […]
This week five hundred people representing over a hundred social movement groups from across the Americas gathered in Medellín for a People’s Development Alternatives Assembly coinciding with the 50th anniversary meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank. […]
Source: World War 4 Report The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights issued a report March 25 finding that opponents of Bolivian President Evo Morales were responsible for some of the Andean country’s worst human […]
Download this report as a PDF March 24, 2009: Please see http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/ for more complete coverage from Election Day Starting at 7am on Sunday March 15, Salvadorans headed en masse to the polls to cast […]
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