Ascendant Copper Risks Losing Mining Project in Ecuador
The Ecuadorian government ordered Canada’s Ascendant Copper to suspend all activities at its controversial Junin project on Tuesday for violating the country’s mining laws. […]
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No to the FTA with Peru
Activists in Peru and the United States are mobilizing against the pending US-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The US-Peru FTA has passed both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, but […]
A Brief Political History of DR-CAFTA in Costa Rica
Anti-CAFTA March
On October 7th 2007, Costa Rica will hold a referendum on DR-CAFTA. This may very well be the first occasion on the history the human race that a final decision about a Free Trade Agreement is made by the entire electorate of a country.
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Book Review: The Price of Fire in Bolivia
The book is a triumph in every respect… skillfully interweaving abstract theory, political and social history… [The author] is thorough, but not boring, colorful, without reducing his subjects to the level of vicarious objects for the benefit of literary tourism.
Next US President Must Pursue “Fresh Approach” in Latin America
(IPS) With Washington’s image in Latin America at its lowest ebb in memory, President George W. Bush’s successor must pursue a "fresh approach" aimed at reducing poverty and the yawning gap between rich and poor in the region. […]
Chile Extradites Fujimori to Peru
The Chilean Supreme Court this morning ruled in favor of
Colombian Elites Fear Chavez’s Growing Influence
Not since Colombian vice president, Francisco de Paula Santander, conspired to assassinate Caracas born Simón Bolívar in Bogotá in 1828, has a Venezuelan so stirred political opinions and passions in its neighbour.
Human Rights in Argentina: A Year Without Julio Lopez
Human Rights groups in Argentina rallied September 18 to mark the one year disappearance of a key witness who helped convict a former police officer for life in 2006. […]