Articles by Upside Down World
“Our Struggle Has No Borders:” Ayotzinapa’s Caravana 43 Circulates Through South America
The Caravana 43 has emerged as a strategy to circulate struggle, disrupt misinformation, and create a context for a deeper discussion on how state violence and repression has become systematic in Mexico and in other parts of the world. The Caravana 43 has travelled throughout the United States, Canada, several countries in Europe and most recently has crossed through Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
Peru’s Tia Maria Mining Conflict: Another Mega Imposition
The Tia Maria project, an open-pit mine proposed by Southern Copper Corporation, threatens to poison land farmed by rural communities in the interior of Peru. Currently, the government has lent Southern the force of the national army, the bureaucracy of the courts, and the loudspeaker of corporate media to fight the opposition of local farmers and elected officials. To date, the conflict has claimed eight lives.
Obama’s Cuba legacy may run through Venezuela
Source: Al Jazeera Last week the U.S. government took the deeply ironic step of removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. It is the U.S. that has been a state sponsor of […]
Bolivia opens up national parks to oil and gas firms
Source: The Guardian Unlimited New law permitting hydrocarbons operations in “protected areas” sparks major concerns for people and the environment The Madidi National Park in north-west Bolivia is one of the most biodiverse places on […]
Change through art: Latin America’s other revolution
Source: Al Jazeera Art is being used as a tool to overcome trauma and displacement and to forge a new Latin American identity. There was once a Mexican woman whose spine was crushed by a […]
Ni Una Menos: The Cry Against ‘Femicides’ Finally Heard in Argentina
In the wake of the massive response to their call to protest violence against women in Argentina, the organizers of last week’s demonstrations are starting to plan the steps to be taken to get results for their demand “Ni Una Menos” (not one less), taking advantage of the strength in numbers shown to obtain political support for public policies aimed at protecting women.
Violence and Protests Derail Mexican Elections, as Left Divided
Mexico’s latest elections are threatened by drug cartel violence, social protests, and the mass resignation of election officials. The left, which in the past has succeeded in rallying a third or more of the nation’s voters for a […]
An Ecovillage Survives as a Haven for Deep Ecology in Mexico’s Central Mountains
About an hour south of Mexico City, nestled in an extraordinary range of mountains called the Sierra del Tepozteco, whose fantastical rock formations studded with forest resemble those in ancient Chinese painted scrolls, an experiment in alternative living has been unfolding for more than 30 years now.