Articles by Upside Down World
Upside Down World Recipient of 2014 Global Justice & Peace Award
Upside Down World is honored to be chosen as the recipient of the 2014 Global Justice & Peace Award from the Denver Justice & Peace Committee. Past award recipients include Frances Moore Lappe and Food First, Father Roy Bourgeois, Walden Bello of Focus on the Global South, Medea Benjamin and Graham Russell of Rights Action. […]
Latin America’s LGBTI Movement Celebrates Triumphs, Sets New Goals
Although it might not seem to be, Latin America is the most active region in the world when it comes to the defense of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. “The most progressive and interesting proposals are emerging in the Americas,” said Mexican activist Gloria Careaga during the sixth Regional Conference of the International Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People for Latin America and the Caribbean (ILGALAC).
Perpetuating Impunity: Guatemala’s Congress Votes to Deny Genocide
On Tuesday, the Guatemalan Congress voted to deny that genocide took place during the country’s 36 year conflict (1960-1996) which left approximately 250,00 people, mainly indigenous Mayans, dead or disappeared. The vote was aimed at […]
ARENA Strategist Takes Fall in Colombian Drug Scandal
Source: CISPES The former campaign advisor to El Salvador’s right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party has found himself on the receiving end of a major publicity scandal, the likes of which he is accustomed to […]
Peru: Indigenous Organizations to Present Joint Climate Change Agenda
Source: Servindi Peruvian national indigenous organizations decided to present a joint Indigenous Agenda on Climate Change. The resolution was adopted at a meeting held on Tuesday, May 6 with representatives of the Peruvian State for […]
A Call to Action: Stop the War against the Zapatista Communities
National Call to Action in Response to attack on Zapatista Community, murder of Zapatista civilians and destruction of school and clinic. WHAT: In response to an armed attack by the CIOAC-H on unarmed Zapatistas in […]
Conflict Over New Bolivian Law Highlights Mining Sector Contradictions
Source: NACLA After three years of negotiations, followed by six weeks of sometimes violent controversy, Bolivia is poised to adopt a new mining law. It is the first major overhaul of the country’s mining sector […]
Andrés Carrasco, Argentine Scientist and Activist: A Thank You
Andrés Carrasco chose another path: to question the model of corporations and governments, and he decided to walk with campesinos, fumigated mothers, and peoples in struggle. There was no assembly where he was not mentioned. There are no papers, no scientific magazine, or academic conventions that allows one to go where he went, thanks to his commitment towards the people: Andrés Carrasco already has a place in the living history of those in struggle.