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Written by Amanda Shank
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 Mauricio Funes
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Written by Victor Figueroa Clark
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 The news from the Pentagon that the US is re-establishing its Fourth Naval Fleet in the Caribbean, ostensibly to "build confidence and trust among nations through collective maritime security efforts" unfortunately shows that the days a US military threat to Latin America are far from over. |
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Written by Mneesha Gellman and Josh Dankoff
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
 May 5th marked the beginning of an intended thirty day strike, with more than 1.5 million public transport workers and truckers in Nicaragua protesting rising fuel costs and the lack of government impetus to do anything about it. |
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Written by Christian Peña
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
 Fifty environmental activists protested Barrick Gold’s controversial Pascua Lama gold mine on Tuesday, May 8th. Several of the demonstrators also dressed in black plastic bags to give homage to the 15 individuals related to the project who have died since it first was proposed almost 20 years ago. |
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Written by Alexander van Schaick and David Bluestone. Photographs by David Bluestone
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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 Bolivia’s Santa Cruz state's May 4 Referendum saw violence and deep social divides over a set of Autonomy Statutes thatwould increase power for the governmor at the expense of the central government. These interviews and observations from the streets of Santa Cruz cityon referendum day illustrate the great diversity of opinions.
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Written by Benjamin Dangl
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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 The May 4th vote for autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia was part of a larger conflict in the region over control of natural resources such as land and gas. It marks a new phase in the polarization of Bolivia, and a new challenge for the region.
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Written by Daniel Denvir
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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 Ecuadorian police detained five journalists associated with Ecuador Indymedia late Tuesday night. Four of the five were released from custody on Wednesday afternoon. The government says that the four activists were detained because of their relationship with the fifth detainee, Ecuadorian resident and Colombian national Antonio Alcívar.
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Written by Marie Trigona
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 Juan Puthod |
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Written by Thaddeus al Nakba
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 Accused in court |
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Written by Cyril Mychalejko
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 Juan Lopez Velasquez |
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Written by Dawn Paley
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 Eviction for unbuilt mine |
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Written by Susan Spronk
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
 Photo: Tom Kruse |
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Written by Alexander van Schaick
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
 In recent weeks, cattle ranchers and landowners in Bolivia’s Cordillera province, located in the south of the department of Santa Cruz, resorted to blockades and violence in order to halt the work of Bolivia’s National Institute for Agrarian Reform. As a referendum on Departmental Autonomy for Santa Cruz draws near, the conflict calls into question the central government’s ability to enforce the law in the Bolivian lowlands. |
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Written by Marie Trigona
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Monday, 28 April 2008 |
 Argentina has often been described as the bread basket of the Southern Cone, with plenty of fertile land for grains and cattle.Yet with world food prices soaring, soy critics worry about Argentina’s ability to feed its own people at affordable prices. |
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Written by the Andean Information Network
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
 Santa Cruz and the other lowland departments of Bolivia plan to go ahead with a referendum to approve autonomy statutes, setting a new system of government for the department on May 4th, in spite of the National Electoral Court ruling forbidding the referendum and the disapproval of the international community. |
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Written by Nazaire St. Fort and Jeb Sprague
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
 Anger over rising prices has been building for many months in Haiti, with basic food stuffs increasingly out of reach for the poor. Tires were recently set ablaze in the streets and thrown together to form barricades that paralyzed traffic for days. |
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