The Quimbo Dam in the Department of Huila, Colombia is one of the largest infrastructure mega projects the country is currently implementing. Not any smaller then the Dam is this megaproject´s ecological and social impacts.
EL SALVADOR List of early mover textile companies that took advantage of DR-CAFTA in El Salvador http://bit.ly/kIlEjt #cablegate Saca’s El Salvador a beacon of pro-Americanism in a region vulnerable to pressures contrary to US interests […]
For many voters, the upcoming June 5 election in Peru between Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala is not just about politics and economics – it’s a battle over memory and justice.
(IPS) – Organizaciones de campesinos y de derechos humanos se manifestaron decepcionadas con la sola decisión del gobierno de Brasil de crear un grupo interministerial para afrontar la violencia en la Amazonia, tras el asesinato […]
The recent murder of two environmental activists took place the same day the Brazilian Congress passed legislation that would allow agribusinesses and ranchers to clear even more land in the Amazon.
Source: Democracy Now Watch video here In a Democracy Now! global broadcast exclusive, we take you on the plane of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as he and his family return home after almost two […]
(IPS) – The Ecuadorian government sent in the army to shut down illegal gold mining operations in the jungles of the northwest province of Esmeraldas, where the highly polluting activity is associated with drug traffickers […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Around ten thousand people marched in Caracas on Sunday to protest the sanctions by the U.S. on Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) for trading with Iran. On May 24 […]
US Latin Americanist Cold Warriors and their far-right allies in the region kicked off a propaganda campaign in May to influence Congress and US citizens against Venezuela and fellow ALBA (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas) countries. With declining attention being paid to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, neoconservatives and neoliberals want to turn our attention to rolling back social and economic advances in Latin America.
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