Costa Rica’s CAFTA “Si” Vote Called into Question
While free trade proponents cheered, opponents called foul in Costa Rica’s 51.5 percent vote Oct. 7 in favor of ratifying the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). […]
Year: 2007
Protest US intervention in Costa Rican CAFTA Referendum
Protest US intervention and dirty campaign in Costa Rican CAFTA Referendum Take action from October 15-20 to demand that the Referendum results NOT be certified by the OAS On October 7 a historic referendum took […]
El Salvador: March for Water Access Demands “Blue Democracy” (Update with Correction)
After tens of thousands of Salvadorans marched against water privatization on October 5th, pro-water activists demanded that the Legislative Assembly to approve a measure that would guarantee all Salvadorans the right to water access and ensure environmental controls over water usage. […]
National Popular and Agrarian Mobilization in Colombia
Due to the grave crisis in which Colombian People find themselves in under the government of Alvaro Uribe Velez, a 3-day National Popular and Agrarian Mobilization will begin throughout Columbia on October 10. Organized by […]
Cultural Cimarronaje: Racial Politics in Cuban Art
By Elio Rodriguez
Certain artists dealing with themes of race and racial identity sought to produce socially engaged art that is critical of the market fetishization of Afro-Cuban religion and culture, as well as the silencing of race issues within Cuban society.
Colombia: US Military Personnel Accused of Sexually Assaulting 12 Year-old Girl
Local Colombian officials have accused two US soldiers, Michael J. Cohen and César Ruiz, of sexually assaulting a 12 year-old girl on Saturday August 25, 2007. The soldiers are stationed at the Tolemaida Airbase near […]
Brazil: Community Action Beats Back Adversity
(IPS) – When the town of Pintadas dared elect a mayor from the leftist Workers Party (PT) in 1996, the retaliation was immediate: the conservative government of the state of Bahia closed the only bank […]
Argentina: The Rights of Native People Living in Nature Reserves
(IPS) – Far from being uninhabited places where nature holds sway, the vast majority of Latin America’s protected areas are places where people live, so a balance has to be found between conservation goals and […]
Ecuador: Swedish Construction Versus Indigenous Survival in the Amazon
Waorani protest oilfields
Oil industry power over the Waorani people’s Amazon basin manifests itself in the rampant militarization of the region and the use of threats and violence. […]
Guatemala: Urgent Action for the “Goldcorp 7-22”
Source: www.rightsaction.org Goldcorp Inc., a Canadian-US Gold Mining Company, Seeks Imprisonment of Mam-Mayan Farmers Negatively Impacted by Goldcorp’s Open Pit Gold Mine in San Marcos, Guatemala "THE GOLDCORP 7-22": USING THE LEGAL SYSTEM AS A […]