Mexico: Impunity and Profits – Video
Source: Fault Lines, Al Jazeera English Once known as a booming industrial city and a model of economic progress in Mexico, the border city of Juarez has become infamous as the murder capital of the […]
Articles by Upside Down World
Alert: Salvadoran Student Anti-Mining Activist Assassinated
Source: CISPES Call on the Attorney General and the Minister of Security to Begin an Investigation Immediately! (check out the Mesa press release here and aqui en Español ) With heavy hearts, we report that […]
Outrage at HidroAysén Dams Raises Environmental and Political Consciousness in Chile
Since mid-April, the planned construction of 5 hydroelectric dams in the ecologically rich region of Aysén in Southern Chile has produced persistent floods of protesters in the streets and plazas of cities spanning the length of the country.
Please, Stop Trying to ‘Fix’ Honduras: Letter to the Los Angeles Times
A response to the recent Op-Ed entitled “Fixing Honduras” by Noah Feldman, David Landau and Brian Sheppard that was published in the L.A. Times. This op-ed by US-based constitutional lawyers completely misidentifies the real crisis in Honduras.
The March Toward Unsustainability in El Salvador Gains Speed
An environmental analysis of the first two years of Mauricio Funes’ Administration. […]
Peru: Humala Pledges Justice for Sterilisation Victims
(IPS) – Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala will push the legal system to investigate and prosecute those responsible for a massive forced sterilisation campaign targeting poor indigenous women carried out by the government of Alberto Fujimori […]
Guatemala: Oil Companies and the Subservience of the Government
Guatemala is the only oil-producing country in Central America, with “black gold” being its fourth highest export. […]
Moving Toward Socialism in Bolivia?
Source: Against the Grain Listen to this Program Here Download program audio (mp3, 48.36 Mbytes) The actions of militant social movements in Bolivia over the past ten years, which led to the election of indigenous […]