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Where Will the Children Play? Neoliberal Militarization in Pre-Election Honduras

November 5, 2013 Upside Down World 0

In the months leading up to the first national elections since the 2009 coup in which members of the Resistance movement will participate, state-led terror and the criminalization of social protest have intensified.The terrorizing of activists like Edwin Espinal falls within the context of criminalization of social movement leaders like Berta Cáceres and Magdalena Morales. It is also part of a recent pattern of apparently politically-motivated military police-led home invasions.

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“There is No Amnesty for These Crimes”: Guatemalan Massacre Survivor Anselmo Roldán Kicks Off U.S. Speaking Tour

November 4, 2013 Upside Down World 0

As Guatemalan courts deliberate on whether or not to grant amnesty to former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt for crimes committed during his 1982-1983 “presidency” which he assumed after a military coup, Anselmo Roldán, a massacre survivor from La Libertad, Huehuetenango is traversing the U.S. in search of solidarity for the victims of Guatemala’s armed internal conflict. One of the organizations at the forefront of the struggle for peace and to end impunity has been the Association for Justice and Reconciliation (AJR), a community group of which Anselmo is the current President.

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Brazilian Judge Halts Belo Monte Dam Construction, Temporarily

November 2, 2013 Upside Down World 0

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U.S. Snooping Makes It a Neighbourhood Pariah

November 2, 2013 Upside Down World 0

(IPS) – As the first formal probe by an international rights body into allegations of U.S. mass surveillance began here Monday, privacy advocates from throughout the Americas accused Washington of violating international covenants and endangering […]

El mejor periodismo es digital e independiente

November 2, 2013 Upside Down World 0

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Cuba’s Reforms Favor Foreign Investment, Create Low-Wage Sponge

November 1, 2013 Upside Down World 0

Source: NACLA For over 50 years the island of Cuba has defiantly stood its ground in the Caribbean, rejecting a capitalist economic model in favor of a system that has served the needs of its […]

Bolivia: The Politics of Extractivism

November 1, 2013 Upside Down World 0

Are there alternatives to this re-embrace of state-led capitalism? Evo Morales gained international attention by staking a strong discursive claim that global climate change was the result of the sins of capitalism. He posed indigenous cosmovision as the alternative: he declared that by embracing indigenous notions of reciprocity and communality, societies could learn to “live well” and sustainably instead of trying to live “better” than others through increased consumption.

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In Haiti, Cholera Claims New Victims Daily

October 31, 2013 Upside Down World 0

(IPS) – Some 2,400 kilometres from New York City, where victims of Haiti’s cholera epidemic are suing the United Nations in a U.S. federal court, the disease continues to burn through the populace with no […]

Repressive Memories: Terror, Insurgency, and the Drug War in Mexico

October 31, 2013 Upside Down World 0

What is happening today with regards to the drug war in Mexico has important precedent elsewhere in the hemisphere, namely, in Colombia. There is a legitimate focus on how events in Colombia preceded what is taking place in the “drug war” in Mexico. Key to the importance of Colombia from 2000 onwards in understanding Mexico today is Plan Colombia and the multi-billion-dollar investment the US government made in the war on drugs there.

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History on Hold for Victims of Guatemalan Genocide

October 30, 2013 Upside Down World 0

Guatemala’s former military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt was the first in the continent to face genocide charges in court. But the historic process is now in jeopardy. According to press reports, the Central American country’s […]