Photo Essay – A Clash of Classes: Chilean Students Fight for a Better Education System
Demonstrators sell lemons to ease tear gas symptoms during confrontations with the Carabineros, the Chilean police force.
Year: 2011
Ecuador: Criminalization of the Social Protest in Times of the ‘Citizen Revolution’
During the constituent process of 2008, Ecuador’s social movements successfully introduced essential guarantees of certain rights for the transformation towards a fairer society and at the same time, in harmony with nature. Despite these achievements concerning basic rights, since 2008 the criminalization of the social protest has grown and has affected social leaders, teachers, students, public workers, journalists, indigenous people and rural communities.
Painkillers and Pens Used to Placate Peru’s Indians as Gas Giants Move In
Source: Survival International Isolated Indians in southeast Peru are being ‘bribed’ with painkillers and pens, as industry giants seek to open up their land to explore for gas. Survival has learned that even members of […]
Book Review – Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care
Modelled on Che Guevara’s principles and keeping in line with the Cuban revolution, Steve Brouwer’s assessment of Cuba’s health care system in his book Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care (Monthly Review Press, July 2011) stands as a testimony to answer anyone claiming that socialism cannot function.
Bolivia: Conflict Deepens over Disputed Highway
Source: Green Left Weekly September 25 will go down as one of the darkest day in Bolivia since Evo Morales was elected as the country’s first indigenous president almost six years ago. After more than […]
Showdown in Peru: Indigenous Communities Kick Out Canadian Mining Company
“In spite of government repression, if the people decide to bring the fight to the bitter end, it is possible to resist the pressure of mining and oil companies,” said Peruvian activist Yasser Gómez.
Latin America’s left at the crossroads
Source: Al Jazeera Leftist governments in Latin America are facing resistance not only from the right, but from their own bases, as well. The triumph of left-leaning former army officer Ollanta Humala in Peru’s presidential […]
Bolivia’s 9/11: The Pando Massacre and the TIPNIS Conflict
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas On September 11, Bolivians observed the third anniversary of the Pando massacre, a brutal attack on indigenous peasants and students in the Amazonian lowlands and the most deadly act […]
More GM crops in Puerto Rico: Why We Should Worry
Source: ALAINET.org The US-based Monsanto company, the world’s biggest seed company and undisputed world leader in agricultural biotechnology, announced in June 2011 that it would increase its activities in Puerto Rico. Specifically, the corporation is […]
Mexico: Peace Movement Meets Zapatistas
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, headed by Mexican writer Javier Sicilia, travelled through southeastern Mexico and reached the heart of the territory controlled by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), bringing a message of solidarity. […]