Source: Common Dreams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 16, 20081:10 PM CONTACT: Institute for Policy StudiesSarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies: 202 234 9382 x 227, saraha@igc.org 863 Citizen Groups Call on World Bank President to Respect […]
(IPS) – At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in Brazil in 2007, 58 percent more than in 2006. The killings increased the most in the west-central state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where the […]
Source: Americas Program Bolivia’s National Palace is a classic colonial building that sits on the pigeon-filled Plaza Murillo in downtown La Paz. It’s more often called the "Palacio Quemado" or "Burned Palace" because it’s been […]
(IPS) Bringing Bolivia’s four youngest and strongest sons back into the fold will not be an easy task for leftist President Evo Morales, who is attempting to keep a heavily polarised country together. The president […]
(IPS) – In their mud and clay tile house in a camp set up by the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), Eliana and her husband Eleidimar started the new year with a sense of trepidation. […]
Source: Venezuela Analysis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced a "profound restructuring" of his government, including the appointment of a new Vice-President and changes in up to 13 out of 27 ministries in a surprise telephone […]
Source: Democracy Now! Uruguay has become the first Latin American country to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples nationwide. Under the law, gay, lesbian and straight couples will be able to form civil unions after […]
Source: venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan economy enters its fifth consecutive year of sustained growth in 2008, according to predictions from the Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL). Venezuela had the third fastest growing economy in the […]
IPS – Every year, some 300 indigenous people from the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz march naked through the streets of the capital to demand land. But while their unusual form of protest certainly attracts […]
Source: www.gregpalast.com [Quito] I don’t know what the hell seized me. In the middle of an hour-long interview with the President of Ecuador, I asked him about his father. I’m not Barbara Walters. It’s not […]
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