Photo: Marcello Casal Jr./ABr

Controlling Coca Cultivation Bolivian Style

October 12, 2010 Linda Farthing 0

‘Social control’ is a phrase tossed around constantly by Bolivia’s government these days. Touted as an indigenous approach to solving problems large and small, it privileges collective over individual rights, drawing its inspiration from pre-Hispanic indigenous organization.

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Panama Awakes

October 8, 2010 José Alcoff 0

Source: The Indypendent Antonio Smith, a 25-year-old “bananero” or banana worker, hailed from the modest Panamanian town of Changuinola, smack in an expanse of tropical flatlands bordering on Costa Rica and the Caribbean Sea. A […]

Correa during teargas attack

Report from Ecuador: Democracy Under Threat

October 1, 2010 Jennifer Moore 0

Faced with an apparent attempt to oust Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Thursday, Ecuador received an outpouring of support from Honduras to the White House. Most Ecuadorian social organizations, many of whom have had serious differences with the Andean president in recent years, also condemned threats on the country’s democratic and constitutional order. […]

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