Social psychologist Abraham Rivera speaks about the Rural Cities Initiative in Chiapas, Mexico. This interview is accompanied by numerous photos of the “Sustainable Rural City” Project of Santiago el Pinar.
Source: Americas Program Thousands of Mexicans changed the face of national and international politics May 8 in the world’s first mass protest against the drug war. Following a four-day march from Cuernavaca to Mexico City, […]
Source: Al Jazeera In Chile, it was called the The Brick. It was the many-thousand page economic manifesto of Dictator Augusto Pinochet, written by “the Chicago Boys” – Chilean exchange students from the University of […]
Authorities in El Salvador must take immediate action to protect journalists who fear for their lives after receiving a series of death threats, Amnesty International said today. From 30 April to 4 May, staff members […]
(Tierramérica) – Brazilian and international environmental organisations and peasant farmer movements are taking aim at the forestry industry once again, this time accusing transnational corporation Stora Enso of illegally profiting from the production of wood […]
COLOMBIAColombian cooperation w/US justice system “unprecedented anywhere else in the world” http://bit.ly/lnaslk #cablegate Cable on Betancourt rescue in Colombia. No mention of the Red Cross helicopter though… http://bit.ly/ieQr3Q #cablegate Uribe told USG in 2005 that […]
After four years of war that has left nearly 40,000 people dead, countless more disappeared, and soldiers on the streets of every state in the country, many Mexicans are finally “fed up” with President Felipe Calderón’s drug policy. This weekend, Mexicans in at least 25 of the country’s 31 states will protest to “stop the war, for a just and peaceful Mexico.”
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