The US government and multilateral institutions must demand an end to the human rights abuses surrounding land disputes. Source: Al Jazeera Honduras now claims the dubious distinction of being the murder capital of the world […]
President Correa has two options. He can choose to turn to the left and to demonstrate greater capacity of consensus with the communities affected by his extractivist and neo-developmentalist policy, and with the social movements and the organizations to his left; or make more and more evident the conservative turn of the executive, consolidating and establishing new alliances with business sectors and political organizations to his right.
Tucked between sand dunes and the Pacific Ocean, perched on a small hill, is Xayakalan, home to members of the indigenous community, Santa Maria Ostula. Here, a group of Mexican Nahua people are fighting to keep control of their land. The cost has been high. Since 2009, this small community of around 3, 000 people has seen 28 of its members killed. Another four are missing.
Source: Agencia Popular de Comunicación Suramericana When [President] Bush introduced the strategy of “preventative war” against terrorism, the rules established in the post-war world changed fundamentally. The strategic objective of the United States became the […]
(IPS) – Catalina Salvador, an 87-year-old peasant farmer who grows pumpkins, beans, and above all corn on her small plot of land, was one of the opponents of transgenic crops who took part in the […]
Source: Occupy Monsanto n a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations such as Monsanto, Bayer, and Dow, Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modifiedParque de la Papa in Cusco, a farming community of 6,000 […]
Source: Quixote Center In May of 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave voice to rumors that had been circulating in Washington DC for months. She discussed some ‘very troubling’ developments in Managua: “The Iranians […]
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