(IPS) – Argentina’s weak, fragmented opposition is going to the polls on Sunday offering neither strong leaders nor clear alternatives capable of winning voters away from President Cristina Fernández, who is expected to easily win […]
Source: International Rivers On Monday, federal judge Selene Maria de Almeida voted in a landmark opinion in Brazilian courts that the Belo Monte Dam licenses are illegal and must be cancelled due to what is […]
(IPS) – The constant violations of international humanitarian law in Colombia claimed the life of an 11-year-old indigenous girl a month ago in the mountains of the southwest province of Cauca. The army arrived at […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com National electricity workers are protesting post changes that they believe give power to the rightwing and override workers, while Sidor steel workers protested violence towards some of its workers as it runs union […]
Source: Democracy Now In Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos has praised U.S. approval of the “free trade” deal, calling it “historic.” Critics though are warning the trade agreement will undermine Colombian sovereignty and human rights. […]
Source: IndigenousNews.Org On Tuesday, October 11th, members from the Aché community of Chupa Pou sent individuals armed with bows and arrows into a 2,000-hectare (nearly 5,000 acres) area to defend it from Brazilian farmers who were […]
Source: Americas Program In mid-2010, the Brazilian press announced what had already been predicted on the international stage: China became the second largest economy in the world, after the United States. In five years it […]
(IPS) – Adelaida Avelino, 60, is still devastated by the loss of her corn and wheat harvest, which were destroyed by the freeze that hit the Mexican state of Tlaxcala a month ago. But at […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Last week the protest against Bolivia’s TIPNIS highway reached Washington, D. C., with a small but boisterous demonstration of some 100 people in front of the White House. But […]
(IPS) – In a major victory for U.S.-based multinational corporations, President Barack Obama has submitted controversial and long- pending “free-trade” agreements (FTAs) between the U.S. and South Korea, Colombia, and Panama for rapid approval by […]
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