Joint Declaration from National Indigenous Congress and EZLN on Ayotzinapa and for Liberation of Yaqui leaders
“Because those of us below hurt with rage and rebellion, not with resignation and conformity.” —EZLN, October 19, 2014 […]
Articles by Upside Down World
Why the Left Continues to Win in Latin America
Source: The Nation Red flags are flying in Rio and Montevideo. Not only did Dilma Rousseff win in Brazil on Sunday but next door in Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, the presidential candidate for Frente Amplio—or Broad […]
Brazil’s Rousseff Re-elected Despite Anti-Workers’ Party Sentiment: What Now?
The last polls before the second round of Brazilian elections indicated a victory for Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party (PT). This is the tightest presidential race for the Workers’ Party in 12 years and the reasons for this are varied.
Economic Issues Could be Decisive in Brazilian Presidential Election
Source: The Hill / Folha De S. Paulo With Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff now facing Aécio Neves (of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, PSDB) in the second round of elections on October 26, much of […]
Venezuela at the UN, Washington At Bay
Source: The Nation Last week, 181 member states of the United Nations voted yea in Venezuela’s favor, allowing Caracas to take one of the two non-permanent seats on the Security Council reserved for Latin America. […]
We Want Them Alive: The Search for Mexico’s 43 Missing Students
The massacre and subsequent disappearance of the Ayotzinapa students, known as “normalistas,” has sparked an international movement demanding that the 43 students be found alive. But it has also called into question the deep ties between drug cartels and Mexican politicians.
Uruguay’s Decision Could Come Too Late for Gitmo Detainees
(IPS) – Uruguayan President José Mujica bought time for his plan to host six prisoners of Guantánamo, handing over the decision to the winner of the incoming elections. But time is a scarce resource for […]
Why Dilma Should Look Back to Her Bases in Brazil’s Runoff Election
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas The outcome of the Brazilian presidential election of October 5 was much as it was predicted to be two months before. Because Dilma Rousseff, the incumbent, of the Workers […]