Modeling Capitalist Dystopia: Honduras OKs Plan for Private Cities
The Resistance movement is ardently opposed to the government’s plan to build “Model Cities” along the Caribbean coast, enclaves free from Honduran laws that would be planned and run by private entities and meant to stimulate business and foreign investment. On January 24, the Honduran Congress again passed legislation enabling the Model Cities plan to move forward, with a vote of 110-13 with 5 abstentions.
The Revolution Devalued? What the Venezuelan Currency Change Signifies
After months of rumors in opposition circles of a forthcoming devaluation, and denials of the rumor by Bolivarian government officials, the Venezuelan bolívar was finally devalued by 47% on February 8th . Even though devaluation has become a fairly regular event, especially since currency controls were put in place in 2003, this devaluation has a potentially far greater significance for the future of the Bolivarian Revolution than the previous economic measures and an undeniably greater immediate impact on the base of support for the Bolivarian government.
Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina – Excerpts from New Book
In late 2001 the Argentine economy collapsed. People’s bank accounts were frozen and the State offered nothing by way of a solution – the people went out into the streets, banging pots and pans, singing que se vayan todos (they all must go), and with popular power forced out four consecutive governments.
Ecuador: 160 Intellectuals Support Alberto Acosta’s Candidacy
Manifesto: We support Alberto Acosta’s candidacy Source: Rebelión The undersigned writers, artists, academics, workers from society in general, profoundly concerned by the political, socio-economic and cultural dilemma currently affecting our Ecuadorian society; a situation that […]
Correa and Ecuador’s Left: An Interview with Marc Becker
Part of the problem you’re seeing in Ecuador is what contradicts directly with what was codified in the 2008 constitution. This is particularly true in terms of plurinationalism and sumak kawsay (the good life). This is supposed to incorporate alternative visions of development and Correa wants to see those exclusively on the levels of symbolic statements rather than something that will be operationalized. Indigenous movements don’t see this as something symbolic, but something that needs to be operationalized and put into practice.
Solidarity Brings Freedom and Justice for Zapatista Francisco Sántiz López
Source: NACLA After 417 days of wrongful imprisonment, the Zapatista is freed. Thanks to all the people and organizations throughout the world who campaigned for his liberation. Joyful celebrations have taken place all over the […]
Forty Years Later, Justice for Víctor Jara: School of the Americas Grads Indicted in Murder of the Popular Allende-Era Singer/Activist
Source: Truthout The move to extradite Florida resident Pedro Barrientos Nunez in connection with the murder of famed Chilean singer Victor Jara – a supporter of deposed President Salvador Allende – is re-igniting Chile’s campaign […]
Honduras: War on the Peasants
Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units on Feb. 2 in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous leaders to over 60 since the Honduran coup d’etat in 2009. Juan Peres and Williams Alvarado were members of the Peasant Movement for the Recovery of the Aguán (MOCRA), an organization that seeks to protect peasant cooperatives from the rash of land grabs being carried out in Honduras.