The Andean Connection: Tracking the Drug War’s Coca Leaves and Failed Policies
How drug war-related violence in Mexico and Central America is connected to Andean coca leaves and the failed policies of Plan Colombia. […]
Year: 2011
Ecuador : la construcción de un nuevo modelo de dominación
Frente: Viento Sur La política ecuatoriana muestra claros signos de esquizofrenia. El gobierno emplea un lenguaje revolucionario, en todos los discursos apela a la “Revolución Ciudadana”, pero los hacedores de ese proceso, los que con […]
Big Bucks from China Drive Domestic Development in Ecuador
(IPS) – Ecuador sees the loans it has agreed with China as “good news,” because they are long-term, and all that is required in return is “oil, and not the horrendous adjustments imposed by the […]
Colombia’s Indigenous Communities Demand Demilitarization as Fighting Escalates
The Nasa people have long struggled to keep their autonomy and unique way of life and governance. At the same time as having government indigenous representatives, they have a completely separate Nasa system of governing and democracy. For the native leaders, the attacks by the guerillas and positioning of state military in their territory is an attack on their autonomy.
Ecuador: The Construction of a New Model of Domination
Ecuadorian politics show clear signs of schizophrenia. The government employs a revolutionary rhetoric, appealing in all its pronouncements to the “Citizens’ Revolution,” but the executors of that very process are now accused of being “infantile” and of being “terrorists”.
Mexican Newspaper Uncovers Systemic Monitoring Plans of Public Online Sources
Source: Deepinks Blog / EFF Two weeks ago, the Mexican newspaper El Milenio reported on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPC) initiative to monitor social media sites, […]
Persevering on the Air in Oaxaca: Independent Radio’s Contribution to Indigenous Community
Radio Jenpoj, an independent indigenous radio station, offers Mexican community hope in time of natural disasters, war and migration. […]
Peru: Humala Promises Boom Will Reach Poor
(IPS) – The new president of Peru, retired lieutenant colonel Ollanta Humala, promised to make the fight against poverty and marginalisation the top priority of his administration. But his inaugural address was short on specifics, […]
Video: Honduran Police Burn Community to the Ground
Homes, churches, schools, and crops all destroyed as the post-coup government continues to side with wealthy plantation owners over the country’s organized farmers. […]