On the morning of August 12, Manfred Reyes Villa, the embattled conservative prefect (governor) of Bolivia’s department (state) of Cochabamba, resigned from office following his defeat in Sunday’s recall referendum. […]
Argued by critics as the next wave of land theft and imperialism, foreign controlled mining activity in Guatemala has increased from practically nothing ten years ago into massive concessions—equaling 10 percent or more of the entire country—giving nearly unlimited exploitative rights to the corporations. […]
President Evo Morales and his Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a resounding victory in Bolivia’s Recall Referendum held Sunday, August 10. According to exit polls, more than 60% Bolivian citizens voted "Si" to ratify Morales, a mandate that he hopes will enable the approval of Bolivia’s new draft constitution. […]
The Tribunal’s final verdict summarized much of Colombia’s recent history, condemning the Colombian government, 43 multinational corporations, and the U.S. government for their role in the violence that has long dominated the lives of Colombians. […]
Garifuna communities have managed to survive numerous perils over the last 400 years: slavery, military aggressions by several European nations, forced migrations and natural disasters, among others. Nevertheless, the socio-political and economic interests of our globalized world may pose the greatest threat yet. […]
Antonio Navarro Wolf, a former guerrilla leader of the M-19 and currently governor of Nariño, talks with Upside Down World about his life in politics, what he hopes to accomplish as governor, and his views on the current political situation in Colombia. […]
In 2008, as the new regional dynamic of the Left continues to develop, now most often from within the seats of national power, the political rhetoric of re-engaging the region could end up looking a lot like the largely failed attempts at "paying attention" to Latin America through economic assistance programs, the Alliance for Progress of the 1960s being the prototype. Or worse yet, "paying attention" could transform itself into a replay of the bloody 1980s. […]
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