Bolivia: Entre el poncho y la corbata
Fuente: LaVaca ¿Qué errores y ambiciones sembraron el camino hacia al enfrentamiento que hoy sacude a Bolivia? Evo y Santa Cruz, la polarización, y una propuesta para escapar de esa trampa, en el análisis de […]
Month: December 2007
Colombia: Fighting Human Rights Abuses and Violence in Ciudad Bolívar
(IPS) – Human rights violations are still a major problem in Ciudad Bolívar, a poor suburb in the hills on the southwestern edge of the Colombian capital, despite some improvements. Many of the nearly one […]
Colombia: Indians Neither Museum Exhibits Nor Tourist Attractions
(IPS) – Indigenous people in Colombia today are elected to office as legislators, governors, mayors and city councillors. But their communities continue to be seen as marginal, ignorant or mired in the deepest poverty. Many […]
Reggaeton Nation
Photo: Sony International
It was a stunning sight. Onstage in 2003 at San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium, five-time senator Velda González—former actress, grandmother of 11, and beloved public figure—was doing the unthinkable. Flanked by reggaeton stars Hector and Tito (a.k.a. the Bambinos), the senator, sporting tasteful makeup and a sweet, matronly smile, was lightly swinging her hips and tilting her head from side to side to a raucous reggaeton beat. […]
Gender Issues in Venezuela’s Constitution
Two days following Venezuela’s constitutional reform referendum, a group of forty anti-sexism advocates held a joyous gathering in Mérida, Venezuela to inaugurate the first edition of their collective magazine which focuses on gender consciousness issues. […]
Radio Report: Upheaval in Bolivia, Empire in Latin America
Photo: ABI
Benjamin Dangl reports on Bolivia’s new constitution and regional divisions; Greg Grandin reports on empire and torture in Latin America. […]
Mexico – Brigada Callejera: Sexo, revolución y cambio social
Fuente: Americas Program La alianza entre indios zapatistas, trabajadoras sexuales y travestis enseña la potencia del cambio social en clave cultural, anclado en la vida cotidiana. En México, uno de los eslabones fuertes del patriarcado […]
Mexico’s Street Brigade: Sex, Revolution, and Social Change
Photo: Indymedia
The alliance between Zapatistas, sex workers, and transvestites shows the power of social change in a key cultural way—when it’s anchored to daily life. In Mexico, one of the strongest and most overbearing enclaves of patriarchy and machismo, Subcomandante Marcos has opened the doors to debate about discrimination in a controversial area. […]
Comedores populares de Perú: contra el hambre y soledad
Fuente: Programa de las Americas Sólo en Lima los comedores populares proporcionan alimentación diaria a medio millón de personas. Más de cien mil mujeres trabajan todos los días para dar de comer a sus hijos, […]
Colombia: Los Nietos de Quintín Lame
Fuente: Programa de las Americas Los indígenas paeces del Cauca, en el sur de Colombia, resisten y recuperan sus territorios, cuidan la vida y buscan liberar la tierra de sus cadenas mercantiles. Entre la tradición […]