Year: 2008
Waiting for Hector: An Implacable Fight for Justice in Nueva Linda, Guatemala
Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road? Why would anybody camp by the side of a busy road sheltered only by rough structures made from palm tree fronds in the punishing tropical heat and torrential downpours? And why would anyone do it for four long years?
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Belize Sows Seeds for Food Security
Abib Palma, an extension officer for the developmental organization Plenty Belize, guides school garden programs designed to educate young people about how to grow their own organic supplemental vegetables at home. “It’s easier to reach younger kids at school than going out to the farms and teaching older folks how to farm,” he says.
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Bolivian Social Movements Mobilize for Constitutional Referendum
An elderly woman and executive leader in the women’s division of the Six Federations tilted a gigantic vat of communal stew over, filling a long line of plastic containers for those at the blockade in La Paz’s Plaza Murillo. She predicts that Bolivia’s trajectory towards political change will be lengthy and arduous. "But," she said, "We have been struggling for years, and will not stop now."
Colombia, Venezuela & Ecuador: Crisis Ends With Hugs, Handshakes and Applause
(IPS) – Hugs and handshakes between the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela put an end to a week-long political and diplomatic crisis that threatened to escalate into a regional conflict. The Rio Group, […]
Crisis en la región: La guerra preventiva de Bush llegó a Sudamérica
La incursión de las fuerzas armadas de Colombia en territorio ecuatoriano, forma parte de una planificada estrategia de Estados Unidos para modificar el balance militar de la región, con la esperanza de revertir la decadencia […]
Colombia: Thousands Come Out for Anti-Paramilitary March
Street theatre during the march
"I will march against the members of the security forces who have betrayed the honour of the military and the police, and have betrayed their fatherland, by selling themselves out to paramilitaries and drug traffickers to serve their interests," said Colombian Senator Juan Manuel Galán in a speech given at the spot where his father was assassinated in 1989.
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