The Landless Workers Movement has given 350,000 families a new livelihood since 1988 Source: On the Commons Like in so many other Latin American countries, Brazil’s national history is rooted in colonialism, exploitation and […]
Mexican Federal Police allegedly shot radio journalist Gilardo Mota Figueroa as he covered a protest last Tuesday against President Felipe Calderón’s visit to Oaxaca City. Mota Figueroa told Crónica de Oaxaca that during clashes with Oaxaca’s teachers union, a Federal Police officer opened fire on the crowd from a distance of about six meters (or about twenty feet). One of the bullets struck Mota Figueroa in the leg. Another 2-4 bullets were embedded in an armored SUV that authorities had left parked on the street.
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Source: Guatemala Solidarity Project Thousands of q’eqchi’ peasants near Livingston, Guatemala had been anticipating February 14, 2011 as a possible day of joy and celebration. Instead it became a day of unbearable grief after the bodies […]
For more than 20 years, the people of Porto Alegre, Brazil have been directly determining how the city spends it’s money. Chicago’s 49th Ward became the first US community to adopt the practice in 2009, and is now repeating the process.
(Tierramérica) – The booming tourist industry along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, particularly in the area of Cancún and the “Riviera Maya,” is polluting the world’s largest underwater cave system and harming the world’s second largest coral […]
(Tierramérica) – As freshwater disappears from the super-populated Peruvian coast, the most water-intensive crops are expanding unabated as highly profitable exports. Observers warn about the harm this is causing and demand greater responsibility from the […]
Source: www.CommonDreams.org President Obama has given little indication of the strategy for his upcoming trip through Chile, Brazil, and El Salvador. Will “the great listener” promote cooperation and understanding, or carry on the Bush administration’s […]
Colombia entrena a miles de soldados y de policías mexicanos, a la vez que coquetea con funcionarios en un esfuerzo para apoyar el combate de México contra los cárteles de la droga. Siendo esto otro […]
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