Articles by Upside Down World
Salvadoran Students Suffer Setback
Source: Americas.org Salvadoran student organizing suffered a severe blow after a July 5 demonstration in front of the National University (UES) left two police shot dead and ten officers injured by gunfire. Since then, the […]
New Alliance to Fight Water Privatization in El Salvador
On Sept. 7, Salvadoran activists representing 37 different organizations formed a new alliance that will defend the public right to water. The "National Forum for the Defense of the Sustainability and the Right to Water" was organized in […]
No Sex for Colombian Gangsters
The city of Pereira, Colombia, was the most violent in Colombia in 2005, reporting 488 killings last year, and has a per capita rate of 97 murders per 100,000 residents, double the national level. 90% […]
Chile Remembers 9-11
Violence continues on the 33rd anniversary of the military coup lead by Pinochet in Chile. Many Chileans resent the gradual return to democracy that left military perpetrators of torture and assassination free and wealthy (including […]
Taking Notes in Oaxaca, Mexico
“What we manage to do each time we win a victory is not so much to secure chance once and for all, but rather to create new terrains for struggle.” –Angela Davis, from Abolition Democracy […]
Bolivia’s Oil and Gas Policy: The Democracy Center Briefing Papers
Source: Democracy Center Since the Bolivian government’s May 1 decree seeking to recover public control over the country’s gas and oil reserves (and even before the decree) The Democracy Center gas and oil research team […]