El Salvador’s Other Crisis
Source: Warscapes A couple of nights ago, I tweeted an article—which inspired a blog post—about the dramatic rise in murders reported by the Salvadoran government in the last year. The alarming spike in killings is, […]
News Briefs
Genocide Trial against Guatemalan Dictator Suspended Once Again
Judge Valdez recused herself from the trial after Rios Montt’s defense team presented a motion for her to step down from the trial. Source: teleSUR English The trial of Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was […]
Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume Amid Amnesty Battles
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Under pressure from entrenched economic and military interests, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court undid its historic genocide ruling in 2013. The trial is set to resume on January 5, but faces […]
Bolivia Revolutionizes Urban Mass Transit: From the Streets to the Sky
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas How a spectacular urban cable car system and a new municipal bus program are revolutionizing mass transit in La Paz and El Alto, with the help of some political […]
Indigenous Bolivia begins to shine under Morales
Source: BBC News In the highland city of El Alto, which sits just above La Paz, Aymaran architect Freddy Mamani Silvestre is a busy man. He is known as the king of Andean architecture, building […]
Why Is Ecuador Selling Its Economic and Environmental Future to China?
Source: The Nation The slick, oily underside of Correa’s “citizens’ revolution.” At the point where the lazy, black-water Cuyabeno runs into the faster currents of the Aguarico, carrying a chill from their Andean source, sandbars […]
Why USAID Could Never Spark a Hip Hop Revolution in Cuba
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Any attempt to engineer a U.S.-affiliated movement from above is destined to be revealed for the farce that it is. Between 2006 and 2007, I received numerous visits from […]
Raúl Castro: The New Opening With the USA
Since my election as President of the State Council and Council of Ministers I have reiterated in many occasions our willingness to hold a respectful dialogue with the United States on the basis of sovereign […]
Venezuela sanctions highlight US hypocrisy on human rights
Source: Al Jazeera America Obama should follow his example on Cuba and engage with, not punish, Venezuela On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced a prisoner swap with Cuba, plans to normalize diplomatic relations and an […]
People’s Summit in Lima Envisions Bottom-Up Movement for Global Climate Justice
Source: Common Dreams Alternative gathering outside of UN talks brings together civil societies and social movements from across the globe Social movements and civil societies from around the world are gathered in Lima, Peru this […]