Source: Council on Hemisphere Affairs The recent election of former Bishop Fernando Lugo as President of Paraguay poses a sticky dilemma for the Vatican and underscores the hostile political environment facing incoming Pope Benedict XVI […]
(IPS) – Biotech corporations that developed genetically modified seeds are bribing authorities and carrying out costly advertising campaigns "plagued with lies in order to create monsters that attack life," says Jesús León Santos, an indigenous […]
Something peculiar happens in United States political and media circles when the discussion is about "free trade" with Colombia. Take for instance the topic of labor conditions. We have grown accustomed to serious and needed condemnations […]
Source: Democracy Now! “Bishop of Poor” Fernando Lugo Wins Paraguayan Election Ending 61 Years of Conservative Rule [Upside Down World Reporter Michael Fox was on Democracy Now! this morning about Lugo’s win in Paraguay. Video […]
Source: VenezuelAnalysis.com Under the banner, “Never again will the people be betrayed,” some three hundred thousand people rallied outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday in a massive show of support for Venezuelan […]
(IPS) – The difficult balancing act between fighting hunger, producing biofuels and defending the environment is at the centre of the debate at the 30th Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation […]
Source: PR Watch Clumsy maneuvering by Burson-Marsteller CEO Mark Penn — who met with Colombian officials about the U.S. – Colombia Free Trade Agreement while serving as the chief campaign strategist for trade deal opponent […]
Source: UK Indymedia Two announcers of the radio station "La Voz que Rompe el Silencio" (the Voice that Breaks the Silence) were assasinated on April 7th whilst travelling by car to the west of the […]
(IPS) Trade unions and leftwing activists in Mexico are pleased that both U.S. presidential hopefuls for the Democratic Party have said they will withdraw their country from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) unless […]
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