Latin America may soon become the next front in Washington’s so-called "War on Terror." Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) , Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, held a hearing on Oct. 27 to investigate his "serious concerns about expanded Iranian influence in the region.”
"We wanted the constituyente so that the poor would finally have a voice with which to speak. In the past we were left on the fringe, not allowed to enter into society because if we ever tried they would break our nose with the door." -Juliana, grandmother, protestor, 80 years old. This six minute video talks with Hondurans in the streets about their thoughts on democracy.
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Source: The Nation In country after country since 1998, Latin Americans have freely elected left or progressive presidents, beginning with Hugo Chávez’s election in Venezuela. From 2002 to 2009, left or center-left candidates have won […]
Paper Finds Considerable Challenges to Honduran Economic Recovery Without a Solution to the Political Crisis For Immediate Release: November 9, 2009Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460 Source: CEPR Washington, D.C. – The Center for Economic and Policy […]
"I call myself a veteran Defender of Human Rights- it sounds better than old- and as I sit down to write this I feel ill at ease, perhaps because I have the idea that over the long process of the last few decades, we had achieved some small and relative advances in the area of Human Rights. Perhaps its because I always look towards the past in order to spy into the future and, of course, to check on the present ." -Bertha Oliva de Nativi of the Committee of Relatives of the Disappeared in Honduras
I met Jose Hernandez, a leader of the Mexican Union of Electricity workers (SME) at a metro station called Obrera (Worker), unsurprisingly located in a working class area of Mexico city, and from there we walked back to his house. “I’m very tired, I’m exhausted,” he said, smiling, as he made me tea. “I haven’t stopped for days.” What follows is his account of the recent events in his union and the electricity company Fuerzas y Luces, after 6000 federal police and soldiers occupied it on 10 October.
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