(IPS) Trade unions and leftwing activists in Mexico are pleased that both U.S. presidential hopefuls for the Democratic Party have said they will withdraw their country from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unless […]
Source: CorpWatch Manuela Omari Ima, a Waorani woman from the Ecuadorian Amazon, was born in the Yasuni National Park, a 2.5 million acre primary tropical rainforest at the intersection of the Andes, the Amazon and […]
“debemos organizarnos y plantear propuestas energéticas en base a nuestras necesidades que no destruyan nuestra amazonia”Manuel Lima Del 16 al 20 de noviembre de 2007 se realizó el Intercambio de experiencias entre afectados por la construcción […]
(IPS) – Although the Democratic Party has made it clear that it will oppose the free trade agreement with Colombia, President George W. Bush sent the trade deal Tuesday to the U.S. Congress, which now […]
Nothing captures the imagination of the Colombian people, or is more emblematic of the Colombian conflict, than the unsolved mystery of the murder of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan on April 9, 1948. The sixty year anniversary of Gaitan’s assassination provides an opportunity to reflect on the origins of Colombia’s seemingly endless war. […]
Residents from the southern Ecuadorian province of Azuay used rocks and burning tires to block a stretch of the Panamerican Highway on April 2 to protest a planned industrial-sized goldmine, which they say will contaminate the local water supply. Canadian gold giant Iamgold has been eyeing entry into the region.
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Noted for its political upheavals and popular protest, Ecuador is now raising eyebrows in the international policy arena with a bold proposal aimed at achieving the seemingly impossible: leaving its oil in the ground. […]
(IPS) – Thousands of farmers meeting in an assembly Wednesday decided to call off a three-week farm strike involving roadblocks around the country that have caused food shortages in the cities, and declared a truce […]
Source: Democracy Now! In Ecuador, lawmakers have approved a ban on foreign military bases. If approved by voters, the measure could bring an end to the US military base in Manta. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa […]
Across Latin America, resurgent indigenous, labor and campesino movements have contributed to the rise of new governments that declare their independence from the neoliberal economic model, promise a more equitable distribution of wealth and increased state control over natural resources. But it is uncertain how far these new governments have gone to transform the ecologically unsustainable model of development that dominates the region. […]
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