A Decade of Refounding Honduras
Source: Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular The beginning of a year always brings with it a series of promises and illusions and of course 2011 is no different. When the boundry of 12 midnight […]
Articles by Upside Down World
San José of Apartadó, Peace Community: Liberty as a Survival Instinct
Heaven and hell are reversed, traveling to the edge of the abyss, they transform into their opposite: an atrocious war with a community of peace; desperation with hope; life and death dance in an impossible trance. This is Colombia. Where peasants tired of war take refuge in peace in order to continue living. This is the story of a visit to the community from the perspective of a supportive photographer.
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South America Shows Unity in Support of Palestinian Statehood
(IPS) – With the string of announcements in South America of recognition of a Palestinian state this month, the region’s integration process showed a new interest in and capacity to reach common positions in the […]
Holding Mexico Hostage
Source: Americas Mexico Blog President Felipe Calderon, in a recent interview, said that if it were not for his war against the drug cartels, his government – and all of Mexico – “would be […]
WikiLeaks: How the US Sees the Landless Movement in Brazil
Source: WikiLeaks New cables published by Wikileaks reveal that the U.S. embassy and consulates in Brazil are deeply concerned about the Landless People’s Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra or MST). The diplomats […]
OAS Diplomat’s Words Rattle Haiti’s Occupation Regime
As the one-year anniversary of Haiti’s earthquake approaches, a brutally frank account of the plight of its people has been delivered by a highly placed diplomat. Ricardo Seitenfus, the representative to Haiti of the Organization of American States, delivered a hard-hitting assessment of the foreign role in that country in an interview published in the December 20 edition of the Swiss daily Le Temps.
Salvation: Cuba’s International Medical Brigades
Cuba’s substantive dedication of humanitarian medical emergency aid to Haiti upon the disastrous 12 January 2010 magnitude 7 Port-Au-Prince earthquake followed 50 years of planned Cuban healthcare and first-response commitment internationally and across the global south. […]
Understanding Empire in Latin America
The past ten years in Latin America have witnessed a major shift to the left in both the halls of government power and society. This transformation resulted in a flurry of newspaper articles and books seeking to explain George W. Bush’s imperial designs, the leftist trend in the region and the dynamics of US-Latin American relations. […]