Articles by Upside Down World
Two-faced Democracy in Haiti
The decision by Haiti’s Provisional Election Council (CEP) to prohibit the Fanmi Lavalas party from particpating in upcoming elections scheduled for early 2010 is clearly another attempt to continue to punish Haiti’s poor majority, this time through exclusion, for their political choices and the probability of a Lavalas victory at the polls. […]
US and Colombian Activists Target “World of Coca-Cola”
Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, accusing the company of "union busting", paying its workers "poverty wages", and engaging in environmentally destructive practices. […]
U.S. Court Allows Suit Against Bolivian Ex-President “Goni” and Minister of Defense to Proceed.
A U.S. Court ruled earlier this month to allow human rights charges against former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Ex-Minister of Defense Jose Carlos Sánchez Berzaín to proceed. The cases were brought under the Alien Tort Statute, and allege crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing of Bolivian citizens in 2003. […]
The Unpredictable Future: Stories From Worker-Run Factories in Argentina
Following the social upheaval in
Honduran Dictatorship Is A Threat to Democracy In the Hemisphere
Source: Sacramento Bee A small group of rich people who own most of Honduras and its politicians enlist the military to kidnap the elected president at gunpoint and take him into exile. They then arrest […]
Chavez Rejects U.S. Mediation in Venezuela-Colombia Spat, U.S. Withdrawal is “Only Solution”
Source: Venezuela Analysis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the only “practical solution” to tensions with neighbouring Colombia, which escalated as a result of an October 30 military pact between the U.S. and […]
Elections in Bolivia: The Credibility of Campaign Promises
(IPS) – If two candidates offer funds for the poor, but one of them is known for living up to his promises, who will the citizens vote for? That would seem to broadly describe the […]
Chile: Hacia la reconstrucción de la nación mapuche
Fuente: Programa de las Américas Cansadas de esperar la lenta transferencia de tierras del Estado y el siempre problemático reconocimiento de sus derechos, decenas de comunidades mapuche han iniciado un proceso de movilizaciones que está […]