(Tierramérica) – There is still no apparent solution to the unsatisfied demand for drinking water in Cochabamba, 11 years after this central Bolivian city made international headlines with a popular uprising that halted the privatisation […]
Source: Americas Program At the end of December, the first popular uprising in the region against a government of the left took place in Bolivia. It was caused by an excessive increase in the price […]
(IPS) – The first black president of the United States visited the first woman president of Brazil: their meeting resulted in modest progress in bilateral relations, but a bitter taste could not be avoided over […]
Amnesty International has urged the Mexican authorities to provide protection to two prominent women activists forced to flee their homes after receiving death threats for their human rights work. Marisela Ortiz and Maria Luisa García […]
ARGENTINA Argentine Minister of Economy “likes to ski every season at Aspen and surf at San Diego-area beaches” http://bit.ly/h9DR54 #cablegate Cristina Kirchener to USG: Chavez is “Caribbean” and “full of surprises” http://bit.ly/hccAGA #cablegate G7+: Argentina […]
The annual Left Forum is taking place in New York City at Pace University from March 18 – 20. Toward Freedom has organized the following panel, which is taking place on Sunday, March 20 from […]
(IPS) – After years of decline, the cooperative movement in Mexico is reviving as a relatively safe haven from the shocks of the neoliberal free- market model of production and the financial and food crises […]
WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website that has published thousands of classified diplomatic cables, has posted two cables from the U.S. embassy in Costa Rica, that offer insight into the U.S. pressure tactics to keep the SOA/ […]
(IPS) – The absence of more open social policies and real citizen participation are some of the concerns being debated in the run-up to the Sixth Congress of the ruling Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in […]
ARGENTINA Student protest shuts down speech by US Ambassador to Argentina on her fist visit outside of BsAs http://bit.ly/ik7Dud #cablegate USG: At soccer games, do not wear the colors of, or cheer for, the visiting […]
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