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Land Dispute in Guatemala Ends Peacefully, For Now

February 27, 2008 Cyril Mychalejko 0

Several hundred Guatemalan campesinos took 30 police officers hostage last Thursday in response to the jailing of a local farm leader and to demand that land they had been occupying for the last 10 years be legalized by the Guatemalan government. Ramiro Choc, the farmer arrested earlier this month on charges of robbery and illegally occupying land, remains in jail.   […]

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Contradictions and Tensions in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Process

February 25, 2008 James Suggett 0

Pro-Gov’t Graffiti in Merida

Confrontations over cultural symbols like beauty pagents and bull fighting are common amidst "The Process," Venezuela’s current political project. More than just another name for radical Chavista politics, "el Proceso" legitimizes all the ambiguous changes and hopeful new relationships that go along with deconstructing a historically oppressive social order and emerging from marginality.
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Uruguay: Spirit of Afro Resistance Alive in Candombe

February 21, 2008 Marie Trigona 0

In the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay, Afro-Uruguayans celebrate an often-ignored part of their history – Candombe and resistance. For more than 200 years Afro descendants have maintained the tradition of Candombe, a rhythm that traveled from Africa to Uruguay with African slaves. The music carries centuries of resistance and liberation.

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