Chile: The Rise of the Penguin Revolution
It was every adolescent revolutionary’s dream: schools throughout the country were occupied and the gates were barricaded.
Month: June 2006
U.S. Congress Continues Funding Intervention in Latin America through the SOA and the ILEA-South
In early June U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick had the nerve to speak publicly against "interventionism" in Latin America at a meeting of the Organization of American States in the Dominican Republic.
Two Years of Ka-Saca in El Salvador
June 1st marked the two-year anniversary of Tony Saca’s inauguration as El Salvador’s President.
The Empire’s Workshop: An Interview with Greg Grandin
Grandin ©JB
"It was in Central America and Latin America more broadly, where an insurgent New Right first coalesced."
Bachelet Meets Bush, Rejects Amnesty for US Personnel
Chilean President Michele Bachelet traveled to Washington last week and held a by-all-accounts cordial meeting with US Pres. Bush. However, Bachelet failed to capitulate to US cajoling on at least two critical issues that represent […]
Peddling Security: Venezuela vs. Guatemala
The Chilean President snubbed Bush when she failed to tip her hand on who Chile would support in the upcoming bid for a Latin American seat on the UN Security council. Two seats carrying two-year […]
Educational Reform in Chile
For one month Santiago, Chile saw demonstrations by secondary school students who, as the central point of their demands, asked for the constitutional law of teaching (LOCE) to be repealed.
La Reforma a la Educación en Chile
(Santiago de Chile / Especial) Desde hace un mes, Chile ha observado las manifestaciones de los estudiantes secundarios, que exigen como punto central de sus demandas la derogación de la Ley Orgánica Constitucional de Enseñanza […]