An intense series of road blockades, protests and strikes continue to gain momentum across Bolivia as new sectors enter the movement against the exportation of the country’s gas to the US. The geographical and political […]
Cochabamba, Bolivia–A new cycle of conflict has developed in Bolivia as worker unions, coca farmers and ordinary citizens unite to prevent the sale of the nation’s gas reserves to the United States through a Chilean port. […]
By training ordinary community members to be neighborhood-based advocates of health and harm reduction, a unique program in Rosario, Argentina is reaching out to drug users with limited access to information and health services. Volunteers […]
Walk past the elegant art galleries lining Avenida Defensa in San Telmo, Buenos Aires then skip the Parisian style cafes surrounding cobble stoned Plaza Dorrego, shut down your senses to prevent detouring to one of […]
One day before Argentina’s economic crash on December 19, 2001, fifty-two workers from the Brukman Textile Factory, the majority of them women, refused to continue working until their bosses handed over their back-wages. Plagued by […]
While the Argentine economy may still be recovering from its 2001-2002 crisis, life at Hotel Bauen in Buenos Aires has only been heating up. After more than two years of being taken over by the […]
"Imagine you lost your job and the government closed down the banks, so you couldn’t get out your savings. What would you do?" asks the narrator of the new film, Argentina: Hope in Hard Times. […]
"Blaming the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the difficulties faced by a country in times of crisis is like blaming the doctor for the patient’s disease". This statement and others like "the IMF does not […]
I first saw the deserts of the Argentine west while crammed in the backseat of a pickup with three other people. Two of those people were friends from the United States. We had come to […]
The worker occupation lasted more than 20 hours. In the end, recognizing the legitimacy of the demands from both sides, the parties reached an agreement in the Ministry of Work. It all began at 8:30 […]
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