Health Sector Strike in Nicaragua Enters Sixth Month
The public health sector in Nicaragua has entered the sixth month of a strike that has left the vast majority of Nicaraguans without any access to health care. […]
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Declassifying Canada in Haiti
Classified memos obtained by The Dominion through Access to Information Act request raise new questions about the extent of Canadian participation in the 2004 coup against Haiti’s democratically elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide.
US Government Working to Prevent Ortega Victory in Nicaraguan Election
On Monday, April 17 the US Ambassador in Nicaragua met with right wing parties in the country to discuss their opposition strategy against Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega in the November 5 presidential elections. Support for Ortega is growing, and many expect him to win the race. The US has called on Nicaraguans to not vote for Ortega.
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Brazil’s MST Visits Zapatistas in Chiapas
"We have come to learn, to build solidarity, and to strengthen the brotherhood and sisterhood between our movements," said Yasira, an MST representative who is visiting Zapatista communities in the highlands of the Southern Mexican […]
International Day of Campesino Struggle
Celebrations of the International Day of Campesino Struggle were held April 17 throughout the Americas. The day—initiated by Via Campesina—recognizes the lives of 19 campesinos massacred in El Dorado de Caracas, Brazil on April 17, […]
Anti-FTAA Meeting in Cuba
The Fifth Hemispheric Encounter against the FTAA concluded in Havana, Cuba on April 15th. Close to 400 delegates from movements around the Americas debated how to unify forces and defeat the Free Trade Area of […]
Interview with Oscar Olivera: The Streets and the State in Bolivia
Olivera Voting
"Super dogs especial," yelled the hot dog vendor. His stand was an island in a street packed with World Social Forum participants. Other people sold Che Guevara hats, artesian jewelry, Hugo Chavez dolls and radical buttons in six languages. Drum circles and generators roared as I sat down next to the hot dog stand with Oscar Olivera. […]
La Coca: An Indigenous Perspective
Don Justico is one of thousands of campesinos who live in the uplands of the Andes. When I ask him about coca, he tells me: […]
Protests Turn the Tide on Immigration Debate
The immigration demonstrations held across the country not only marked an historic mobilization of one of the nation’s most silenced sectors. They also turned the tide on a national debate that threatened the basic values and cohesion of U.S. communities.