Year: 2012
The Southern Command Opens a Base in the Argentine Chaco: Humanitarianism or U.S. Control Center?
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 […]
Mexico’s Corn Festivals – a Haven from Transgenic Crops
(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 […]
Peru Passes Monumental Ten Year Ban on Genetically Engineered Foods
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 […]
US-Latin America: HR3783 and the Mega-Embassy That Never Was
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 […]
Regional Peruvian Government Fights Conga Gold Mining: An Interview with Dr. César Aliaga Díaz
Dr. César Aliaga Díaz is the regional vice president of Cajamarca, Peru. His government has taken a central role in the fight to stop the proposed Conga Gold Mine, a $4.8 billion project owned by Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. The mine will be located in Cajamarca’s Andean highlands, where five major headwaters originate and supply the region’s drinking water. If passed, Conga is set to become the biggest investment in Peru’s history and second-largest gold mine in the world.
Venezuela Rejects U.S. Democrat’s Calls for “Robust” Mission to Monitor Election
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton, has vehemently rejected calls from U.S. congressman, Eliot Engel, for the Venezuelan government to accept an OAS mission to monitor this […]
Metrics of U.S. Militarization in Latin America
Source: Fellowship of Reconciliation I have been crunching some numbers lately, in an attempt to pull together different forms of U.S. military aid, spending and sales in Latin America and the Caribbean. The following graphs […]