Month: July 2014
Nicaragua Vive! 35 Years Since the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution
When I made my first trip to Nicaragua in 1987 with a Nicaragua Network coffee picking brigade, I learned a number of things. I learned that it was possible not just to oppose my country’s wars, but to support an alternative to war and capitalist exploitation.
How the Mexican Drug Trade Thrives on Free Trade
Source: The Nation Since 2006, more than 100,000 people have been disappeared or killed in Mexico, a country where more than 90 percent of crimes go unpunished. While running for president in 2012, Enrique Peña […]
Argentina: Mapuche Community Takes Direct Action Against Oil and Gas Exploitation on Its Territory
Direct action by an Argentine Mapuche community in the second largest non-conventional gas reserve in the world Communiqué MAPUCHE ACTION PLAN IN LOMA CAMPANA (VACA MUERTA GAS & OIL RESERVE, NEUQUÉN, ARGENTINA) Loma Campana, July […]
The Promises and Limitations of Revolutionary Change in Bolivia: A Book Review of Evo’s Bolivia
With the new book Evo’s Bolivia: Continuity and Change, authors Linda Farthing and Benjamin Kohl achieve an admirable balance of providing an excellent entry point for those with little background in Bolivia as well as key insights for scholars and activists with a long history in the country.
From El Barrio to La Realidad, Women Lead Struggles to Transform the World
The women of El Barrio and the Zapatista women of La Realidad are two examples of how women in struggle all over the world are coming together to inspire and learn from each other, and how, in the process, women are transforming the world. […]
Pioneering Cannabis Regulation in Uruguay
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas In December 2013, about a year after Colorado and Washington voters made their states the world’s first jurisdictions to legalize recreational marijuana markets, Uruguay enacted the world’s first national […]
Putin signs Argentina nuclear deals on Latin America tour
Source: BBC News Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of agreements on nuclear energy in Argentina. It came during his tour of Latin America aimed at increasing Russian influence in the region. The […]