W.B. pulp mills on hold in Uruguay
Two proposed World Bank financed pulp mills in Uruguay have been put on hold, but are expected to be approved within the next two months. The governor of the province across from the mills has […]
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U.S. military undermines L.A. democracy
A report published last week by human rights groups argues that U.S. military aid and programs in Latin America are a threat to democracy in the region. "Erasing the Lines" was prepared by the Latin America Working […]
Human “guinea pigs” in Brazil
The Guardian Reported on Tuesday that the Brazilian government has launched an investigation into claims that a University of Florida research project used Amazonian villagers as human “guinea pigs” in a study of feeding patterns of […]
Five Hours of Free Air: Community TV in Argentina
From the La Gomera Community Center, for the whole neighborhood and under the slogan "Down With TV," Channel 5 is intercepted in order to make a different transmission. Videos, music and parties made up part of the experience that refreshed a sweltering Sunday.
Evo Morales Elected Bolivian President in Landslide Victory
According to exit polls, socialist Evo Morales received 51 percent of the votes in Bolivia’s December 18th presidential election, enough to secure his victory. Right-wing candidate Jorge Quiroga admitted defeat with 32 percent of the votes.
"I hope xenophobia will be extinguished," declared Bolivia’s president-elect at a press conference on Sunday morning after casting his vote in front of hundreds of villagers on the school grounds at Villa 14 de Septiembre in Chapare, Bolivia. Morales, soon to become Latin America’s first indigenous president, said: "We only want to live well The poor don’t want to be rich, they just want equality."
High Hopes in Bolivia as Election Day Approaches
Quiroga and Morales
Juana Carvagal and her husband Marcelo decided to stay safely indoors when they heard the crackling of gunfire on the streets of El Alto, the huge township which sprawls, 4,500 feet high, across mountains overlooking the Bolivian capital, La Paz. But when Marcelo went to shut a window, an army bullet sliced through his chest and buried itself in their bedroom wall. Marcelo was one of 60 people killed in October 2003 when President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada tried to crush opposition to his plan to export the country’s gas to California.
“Here We Are. We Are Alive” in Plan de Sanchez, Guatemala
Exhumation site in Rabinal
This is a story about the Mayan-Achi village of Plan de Sanchez that sits on a mountaintop in the department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. It is a story about survival and resistance in the face of ongoing injustices and inequalities. And it is a story about who the real human rights leaders are across the globe.
Oil and Cancer in Ecuador
An excellent article in the San Francisco Chronicle reports on human suffering and environmental destruction in Ecuador which 30,000 Ecuadorians claim are a result of Texaco’s (now owned by Chevron) past oil operations in the […]
Peru’s “immoral” FTA
A free trade agreement reached between the U.S. and Peru last week could be fatal for Peruvian farmers and AIDS patients. The Analysis Group for Development conducted a study that states the agreement will mean […]
“The Tyranny of Free Trade”
A new report published by Friends of the Earth exposes the once and future damage and dangers that free trade policies inflict on people and the environment. The report, "The Tyranny of Free Trade", reveals […]