Articles by Upside Down World
Latest Human Rights Watch Report: 30 Lies about Venezuela
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com In the six pages that HRW dedicates to Venezuela in its World Report 2014, released this week, it manages to tell at least 30 serious lies, distortions, and omissions. Pointing out these lies […]
Beyond Reform: It’s Time to Shut Down the World Bank
Recent conflicts surrounding World Bank-supported projects in Honduras demonstrate that the World Bank is beyond reform, and needs to be shut down.
Four Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Still Waiting for a Roof
Overall, of the $6.43 billion disbursed by bilateral and multilateral donors to Haiti from 2010 to 2012, just nine percent went through the Haitian government while the rest went to foreign contractors. “It’s a really profitable business for U.S. contractors to make money off of this disaster,” CEPR’s Dan Beeton told IPS. “This was an opportunity to turn a disaster into something that could benefit Haitians as they rebuild their own country, but they were just bypassed.”
SOA Grads Prominent among New Military Leadership in Honduras as New President Prepares to Take Office
Source: School of the Americas Watch As Juan Orlando Hernandez – Honduras’ next president and the current head of Honduras’ National Congress who is regarded by many as having stolen the November elections through numerous […]
Mexico: First Statement from the Self-Defense Group of Aquila, Michoacán
Let it be clear that our self-defense movement was born of social necessity, against organized crime. It seeks to reestablish peace and order for our people. We invite other towns, villages and communities in the municipality of Aquila to join our struggle, as we seek only well-being and social peace.
Mesoamérica Resiste! The Beehive Collective: Building Solidarity through Storytelling and Art
Source: The Argentina Independent Just a few weeks ago, Mandy Skinner was ringing in the new year in the foggy, muddy town of Oventic, Mexico, a community located in the heart of the country’s rural, […]
U.S. Government Holding World Bank and IADB Accountable to Ensure Reparations for Chixoy Dam Victims in Guatemala
Thirty-two years after the Chixoy Dam/Rio Negro massacres in Guatemala, the U.S. government is calling on the World Bank (WB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) to ensure implementation of a $154,000,000 reparations plan for the surviving victims.