Articles by Upside Down World
El resistible retorno de las derechas
Aunque resulte ingrato reconocerlo, a mediados de 2007 no son ya los movimientos sociales los que están marcando la agenda política sudamericana. La oleada de agitación y movilización social que barrió la región entre mediados […]
U.N. Mercenary Investigation Lands in Chile
The U.N. Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries arrived in Chile on July 9 to conduct a fact-finding mission to investigate the country’s burgeoning mercenary industry and its impacts on human rights. "Presently, we know […]
Community Leader Implicates Ascendant Copper in Death Threats
Polibio Perez, president of the Community Development Council in Intag, asked the District Attorney of Imbabura Province that Ascendant Copper Corporation employees be investigated in conjunction to the death threats he has received during the […]
Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia: Miners and Citizens Demand Rights
Across Latin America, miners and citizens participated in strikes, protests, marches and trials in the last weeks to fight for better wages, improved safety conditions and to denounce union-busting and assassination of union leaders. In […]
Mexico: Aldeanos de Puebla llevan lucha para derechos al agua al DF
Representantes del gobierno nacional del Estado mexicano de Puebla tienen sus oficinas en la Avenida de Chapultepec, un boulevard de cuatro carriles en un área de moda en la Ciudad de México, bien conocido por […]