Left Forum, March 19-21 Pace University, One Pace Plaza New York, NY 10038 For more details visit http://leftforum.org/ Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis Organized by Toward Freedom and Between […]
In post-quake Haiti, an emphasis on militarization delayed the provision of relief to Haitians. Was militarization based on a racist belief that Haitians were going to riot and had to be controlled? How does the Haiti’s history of international intervention shape the challenge it faces today? Noam Chomsky is an acclaimed analyst, activist and author.
(IPS) – Amidst allegations that Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America have been complicit in the murders and harassment of activists, several positive developments in Canada are seen as a source of hope […]
Source: Foreign Policy in Focus Philip Morris International believes Uruguay is Marlboro Country. On February 19, the tobacco giant filed a lawsuit against that country, charging that new health measures involving cigarette packaging amount to […]
Source: Latin America in Movement Claudia Giaccone is an agronomist and a chief officer at the southern regional office of Sub-secretariat of Family Farming of the Santa Fe Province, one of Argentina´s most important farming […]
Source: Green Left Weekly In January, Bolivia’s left-wing President Evo Morales began his second term by appointing a new cabinet in which women are equally represented for the first time. Morales, Bolivia’s first president from […]
Brazil is now a big league player. In the decade in which it begins its ascent, the country is so important that it is forcing its main competitor in the region, the United States, to redesign its foreign policy to take into consideration Brazil’s prominence, a tactic that might destabilize all of Latin America.
(IPS) – A social programme in Bolivia that prevents the deaths of two mothers a day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth is making headway despite administrative difficulties, and has the potential to cut […]
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