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Social Conflicts Escalate around Hydroelectric Projects in Guatemala

May 23, 2014 Upside Down World 0

The CPO’s Lolita Chávez pointed out during the press conference that the indigenous communities have acted peacefully and democratically through collective participation in order to build up and strengthen the community organization and resistance in defending their ancestral territories and way of living. “We ask the international community to support the Mayan people of Guatemala in our fight for dignity and our lives,” said Chávez.

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Canadian Mining in Latin America Doing Serious Environmental Harm

May 21, 2014 Upside Down World 0

Operations in nine Latin American countries continue with explicit Canadian state support, says report Source: The Guardian The growing role of Canadian mining companies across Latin America has been put under the spotlight at the […]

Phosphates Mining Rocks the Boats in Northern Peru

May 21, 2014 Upside Down World 0

The Bayóvar mining complex exported 3.7 million tons of phosphate concentrates in 2013, but its environmental impacts may jeopardize the local fishing industry. As mining expands, a vital estuary is left unprotected, while the local Defense Front says the Bayóvar contract needs to be reviewed.

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Chevron in Ecuador Representative of Multinationals’ Continuing Abuse of Indigenous Peoples

May 20, 2014 Upside Down World 0

Source: Truthout Chevron’s refusal to pay for the cleanup of oil contamination in Ecuador demonstrates the crisis of multinational corporations prioritizing profit over human rights. American oil corporations hail from a nation built on the […]

Latin America: Why We Need an Immediate Moratorium on Gold Mining

May 20, 2014 Upside Down World 0

Gold mining has become a scourge that afflicts most Latin American countries. In some places, a few giant transnational corporations operate. In others, hundreds or even thousands of people crowd into jungle rivers or the guts of mountains for a few grams of gold.

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Terrorism in Venezuela and Its Accomplices

May 20, 2014 Upside Down World 0

Source: Venezuelanalysis.com The private media and important actors both at home and abroad including Washington have downplayed, and in some cases completely ignored, the terrorist actions perpetrated against the Venezuelan government over the past three […]

Guatemala’s New ‘Right-wing’ Attorney General Raises Questions and Fears

May 20, 2014 Upside Down World 0

Guatemala’s new attorney general, Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández, took office Saturday after a selection process fraught with irregularities. Aldana describes herself as “right wing”and was considered the favorite from early on due to her ties to the President Pérez Molina’s Patriot Party and evidence she was backed by one of the Party’s powerful political operatives, raising questions about her independence.

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Argentina: Journalism and Propaganda

May 18, 2014 Upside Down World 0

“Pro-government and opposition journalists defend the interests of political and advertising/corporate power. Why is that? Because they don’t question it. Why is that? Because they make their living from them. Why is that? Because they don’t care about a struggle that is unknown and alien to them. Why is that? Because almost none of the news presenters or editorialists are involved in any struggle…”

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Bagua Massacre – A Test for Justice in Peru

May 17, 2014 Upside Down World 0

(IPS) – The trial of 52 indigenous people that just got underway for a 2009 massacre near the city of Bagua in northwest Peru will test the judicial system’s independence and ability to impart justice. […]

¿La Revolución ciudadana tiene quién la defienda?

May 17, 2014 Upside Down World 0

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