Cuando los gringos bajan al sur
Estos días enormes carteles que rugen ¡Alto a la invasión de la frontera! abofetean a los forasteros que la cruzan desde la ciudad mexicana de Tijuana hasta San Diego, en California. Patrocinada por una rabiosa […]
Month: November 2006
Colombia’s Indigenous Nasa Women Resist
This article was originally published on NACLA News, a new source of news and analysis on Latin America and the Caribbean produced by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). “C’mon, muchachos, let’s go!” […]
Letters from Oaxaca, Mexico
Note from Upside Down World Editor: These letters are from Emilie Smith, an activist in Oaxaca. Though they are deviation from our normal style of reporting, they offer some insights into the reality on the […]
Guatemalans Clash with Canadian Mining Company
Guatemalan Mayans occupying land owned by a Canadian mining company clashed with police over the weekend. The police were able to temporarily evict the protestors, but only to have them return and burn down a […]
Two Arrested in Guatemalan Genocide Case
Last week Guatemalan authorities detained two of eight defendants named in an international arrest warrant issued by a Spanish judge earlier this year. The warrant was based on a criminal complaint filed by Nobel Laureate Rigoberta […]
Workers without bosses at a turning point
Source: ZNet In recent years leading up to Argentina’s 2001 financial crisis, thousands of factories have closed and millions of jobs have been lost. Many workers have decided to defeat the destiny of unemployment, taking […]
The Return of Daniel Ortega
Source: The Nation If you listen to right-wing pundits and Republican officials, the return to power of former revolutionary Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua is not evidence of democracy in action but rather an invitation to […]
Lula Victory Opens Space for Social Movements
This article was originally published on NACLA News, a new source of news and analysis on Latin America and the Caribbean produced by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). Luiz Inácio Lula da […]