What is the Venezuelan News Media Actually Like?
21 Caracas Daily Newspapers, Diverse Community Radio and TV Stations, Disprove the US-Propagated Myths […]
Year: 2008
Wayward Allies: President Rafael Correa and the Ecuadorian Left
Outside of Ecuador, most progressives consider President Rafael Correa to be a Leftist champion of social and economic justice. Inside the country, however, conflicts between Correa and the social movement Left—the indigenous movement, environmentalists and unions, among others—have become increasingly heated. […]
Eduardo Galeano: Collar de Historias
Fuente: La Jornada El 3 de julio, los países del Mercosur otorgaron a Eduardo Galeano el título de Primer Ciudadano Ilustre de la región. Éstas fueron sus palabras de agradecimiento. Nuestra región es el reino […]
Ecuador: Tension rises in the ‘citizens’ revolution’
Source: Green Left Weekly On July 8, the government of Ecuador’s left-wing President Rafael Correa took over three television stations and nearly 200 private companies, prompting the resignation of the finance minister. The companies seized […]
Peru’s García unpopular despite boom
Source: Christian Science Monitor President Alan García presides over one of the region’s fastest growth rates, but his approval rating sank to 26 percent this week because the poor say their lives aren’t any better. […]
Nicaragua: The Tenuous Indigenous-Sandinista Alliance
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Daniel Ortega’s successful bid for Nicaragua’s presidency last year received enthusiastic support from one of his party’s long-time foes: indigenous groups from the Atlantic coast. An indigenous political party […]
Paraguay – Bañados de Asunción: La potencia de la comunidad
Fuente: Programa de las Américas Hace apenas medio siglo los Bañados eran una ciénaga sobre la que el río Paraguay desbordaba sus aguas en épocas de lluvias. Eran, también el vertedero de basura de Asunción. […]
Eduardo Galeano – Latin America: A Kingdom of Paradoxes
Source: La Jornada [This is an abridged version of a speech by Eduardo Galeano on July 3 in Montevideo, Uruguay, on being accorded the title of the First Distinguished Citizen of the region by the […]
Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote
Pro-Morales Rally
In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote on his presidency, "I’ll have two and half years left." But if he loses the vote, "I’ll have to go back to the Chapare" to farm coca again. Though the recall vote is likely to favor Morales, it’s unclear if it will resolve many of the divided nation’s conflicts. […]
Lucio, The Good Bandit: Reflections of an Anarchist
Lucio Urtubia
Lucio Urtubia could be described as a modern day Robin Hood, a man who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Lucio, a 76-year old Spanish anarchist and retired bricklayer carried out bank robberies, forgeries and endless actions against capitalism. His actions helped to fund liberation movements in Europe, the US and Latin America. […]