The “Fascist Threat” on Peru’s Doorstep
Source: Americas Program “The instructions to donors are to bring two packages of rice, two tins of tuna, a package of sugar, a can of soup, and a package of biscuits in a transparent bag. […]
Year: 2011
Book Review: Memory and Justice in Democratic Chile
Reckoning with Pinochet delves into the memory question and the process through which memory became an essential part of Chilean culture. Drawing on the obvious split of loyalties within Chilean society, Stern vividly portrays the memory of both sides, bringing to light a conclusion which, despite the obvious, has the tendency to remain cloistered in a realm of its own.
Zelaya’s Return: Neither Reconciliation nor Democracy in Honduras
Over the past few weeks U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and latter-day media “experts” have hailed Manuel Zelaya’s return to Honduras and the pending reintegration of the country into the OAS as a restoration of democracy. Here in Honduras, it is clear that such claims could not be further from the truth.
Mexico’s No More Bloodshed Movement (Video report)
On June 10, thousands of Mexican people will gather at the chaos-ridden border city of Juarez to build the next step of the growing “No mas sangre” (No More Bloodshed) movement. The plan to gather in Juarez stems from a six-point plan presented by Javier Sicilia and crew at a May 8 rally in Mexico City’s central square. This video report explains why Mexican folks are mobilizing, and why they have politicians shaking in their boots.
Haitian Mayor’s Office Launches Violent Campaign to Destroy Refugee Camps
On May 23 and 25, police in the Delmas district of Port-au-Prince destroyed camps where people homeless since the January 2010 earthquake have taken up shelter. During the raids, police and other municipal workers arrested and beat some of those living within the camps.
El Salvadoran Government & Social Movements Say No to Monsanto
El Salvador’s breadbasket has an alternative vision to the one that US biotech firms like Monsanto would like to impose: “food sovereignty.”
Venezuela: Rural Killers Enjoy Impunity
Source: Green Left Weekly Having arrived back in Caracas after more than two weeks visiting various rural communities, leaders from the National Campesino Front Ezequiel Zamora (FNCEZ) told us that the bodies of two of […]
Brazil: Amazon rainforest activist shot dead
Source: The Guardian Six months after predicting his own murder, a leading rainforest defender has reportedly been gunned down in the Brazilian Amazon. José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo, […]
Fresh Chile autopsy to solve Allende mystery
Source: Al Jazeera Nearly 38 years after President Salvador Allende died in a military coup and became a Cold War martyr of the international left, his body is being exhumed in a bid to determine […]
Presumed Guilty: Oaxaca Justice
Oaxaca’s new governor, Gabino Cue Monteagudo, holds the unhappy job of cleaning the Augean stables of crime and corruption. He is widely credited with honesty and decency, but initiating and promoting profound change may require more than one generation.