Year: 2006
Taking Notes in Oaxaca, Mexico
“What we manage to do each time we win a victory is not so much to secure chance once and for all, but rather to create new terrains for struggle.” –Angela Davis, from Abolition Democracy […]
Bolivia’s Oil and Gas Policy: The Democracy Center Briefing Papers
Source: Democracy Center Since the Bolivian government’s May 1 decree seeking to recover public control over the country’s gas and oil reserves (and even before the decree) The Democracy Center gas and oil research team […]
Morning-After Pill Free in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile: Any woman over 14 can now ask a physician for a prescription for birth control without the permission of her parents, and the contraceptives, including the morning after pill, will be provided free […]
Panamanians Wary of Canal Expansion
According to the Panama Canal Authority , (ACP) on July 14, Panama’s National Assembly unanimously approved the proposal to expand the Panama Canal. In addition, the Assembly created and passed a law mandating a national […]
Peru: Local Resistance Shuts Down LatinAm’s Largest Goldmine
Residents of Combayo, Peru, blocked roads leading to Yanacocha, Latin America’s most productive Gold Mine from August 27-30. They otests earlier in August led to the death of one protester at the hands of police. […]
Evo Morales y la Desconolización fálica del estado Boliviano
Un análisis feminista sobre el proceso a la Asamblea Constituyente en Bolivia La Ley de convocatoria a la Asamblea Constituyente:no era un cambio de gobierno lo que la sociedad se había planteado En Bolivia hay […]