Articles by Upside Down World
What Do Cubans Think of Normalization With the United States?
Source: The Nation They’re divided, by generation and class, over whether it will be a good thing. In late January, the Obama administration announced that it would remove a number of impediments to trade with […]
Argentina’s Painful Return to “Economic Orthodoxy”
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas The new Macri government in Argentina has embarked on a rapid-fire series of conservative economic reforms, threatening public sector employment and social programs. Since taking office on December 10, […]
Bolivia Votes: Can Evo Morales Run Again?
Will Bolivians approve a constitutional amendment that would allow President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term?
2014: Hillary Clinton admits role in Honduran coup aftermath
Original published on September 29, 2014 Source: Al Jazeera In a recent op-ed in The Washington Post, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a review of Henry Kissinger’s latest book, “World Order,” to lay […]
The Lessons of Zapatista Women Activists for Today’s Social Movements
Source: In These Times On January 1, 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), made up of mostly indigenous peasants from Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, declared war on the Mexican government. It was the […]
Fifteen Years Later: The “Great Success” of Plan Colombia
This February 4, celebrating the “historic collaboration” between the United States and Colombia, current Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos visited the White House to meet with President Barack Obama as they commemorate the fifteen-year anniversary of Plan Colombia. Signed in 2000 under U.S. President Bill Clinton and Colombian President Andrés Pastrana, Plan Colombia was a $1.3 billion initiative to support the Colombian government’s counterinsurgency and counternarcotics efforts.
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Indigenous Rights Win Major Steps Forward in Honduras
Source: Cultural Survival In a major win for Indigenous and Afro-descendent peoples in Honduras, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in January declaring the State of Honduras responsible for the violation of […]
A Labyrinth of Injustice in Guatemala: Indigenous Activists Struggle Against Dispossession of Land and Rights
Family, friends and supporters of Saúl Méndez and Rogelio Velásquez, two political prisoners who had been falsely accused of femicide, kidnapping, and murder, received some joyous news on January 14, 2016; after three years in prison, they were released. However, six other prominent activists from northern Huehuetenango still face prosecution for their resistance to hydroelectric projects imposed in their territory by transnational corporations.