News Briefs

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Source: Al Jazeera Journalists are taught in school to avoid euphemisms. When someone dies, they write that she “died” instead of “passed away.” But one euphemism that has become a fixture in U.S. news reporting […]

Source: The Nation They’re enraged at American complicity in the Haitian government’s blatant effort to rig the presidential election. In 2008, Haitians were ecstatic over Barack Obama’s victory. I remember a group of mature, normally […]

Source: Intercontinental Cry For most Peruvians it was a Sunday like any other; but in the Wampis community of Soledad, it was a historic day. On November 29, the Wampis nation declared the formation of […]

Source: NACLA Report on the Americas A new refugee crisis takes shape in Mexico and Central America. This article is the first in a multi-part NACLA series on migration in the Americas. The first one […]

Source: The Nation A dangerously speedy process is sending children and their parents back to danger in Central America. The White House rang in the New Year by slamming the gates on refugee families seeking sanctuary. […]