A Decade of Refounding Honduras
Source: Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular The beginning of a year always brings with it a series of promises and illusions and of course 2011 is no different. When the boundry of 12 midnight […]
News Briefs
South America Shows Unity in Support of Palestinian Statehood
(IPS) – With the string of announcements in South America of recognition of a Palestinian state this month, the region’s integration process showed a new interest in and capacity to reach common positions in the […]
Holding Mexico Hostage
Source: Americas Mexico Blog President Felipe Calderon, in a recent interview, said that if it were not for his war against the drug cartels, his government – and all of Mexico – “would be […]
WikiLeaks: How the US Sees the Landless Movement in Brazil
Source: WikiLeaks New cables published by Wikileaks reveal that the U.S. embassy and consulates in Brazil are deeply concerned about the Landless People’s Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra or MST). The diplomats […]
Peru: Decades On, Women Remain Last in Line for Justice
(IPS) – Investigations of the raping of women in the 1980s during Peru’s counterinsurgency war have ground to a halt, even though the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission filed the respective complaints in 2004. Not […]
South America: Unity for Strength in Wake of Crisis
As industrialised countries face a recession that may last longer than expected, South America’s largest trade bloc, strengthened by having successfully weathered the global financial and economic crisis, is making strides towards better internal coordination. […]
US Weapons Fuel Mexican Drug Wars
Source: The Independent The overwhelming majority of weapons fuelling Mexico’s drugs war are being sold in the US, where gun dealers are responsible for supplying at least 60,000 of the illegally trafficked firearms seized by […]
Cuba: Urban Tribes Prowl Havana Nights
(IPS) – A different city emerges on the weekends in Havana. Young people, whose faces are as strange as they are common, take possession of the city and reinvent it. They are the “urban tribes,” […]
Peru: Wikileaks Cables Reveal Two-Faced Politics by US
(IPS) – “It’s not surprising for the United States to cooperate with military or government officials in Peru about which it has information linking them to serious crimes,” said activist Ricardo Soberón, referring to contradictions […]
Venezuelan National Assembly Passes People’s Power “Law of Communes”
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela’s National Assembly on Friday approved two of the five laws that make up the Laws of People’s Power designed and demanded by pro-Revolution activists nationwide. The Organic Law of Communes, one of […]