News Briefs
Chile’s Bachelet Promises to Return Land to Indigenous People
Source: Reuters President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday announced a plan to buy and return disputed ancestral lands to Chile’s indigenous communities as part of a strategy to better incorporate them into the country’s political process […]
Argentina Seeks to Ward Off “Paradoxical” Default
(IPS) – Argentina finds itself in a strange position since the U.S. Supreme Court rejected its appeal Monday to take a case in which a small group of creditors is suing this country for full […]
For 2nd Anniversary of “Curuguaty Massacre,” New Report Sheds Light on the Criminalization of Peasants and Right to Land in Paraguay
Source: Food First (Español Abajo) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Perla Álvarez Brítez La Vía Campesina perlaalvarezbritez@gmail.com M. Alejandra Morena FIAN International / Germany morena@fian.org +49 (0) 6221 65300 55 – For 2nd Anniversary of “Curuguaty […]
Latin America’s Rightwing Parties Are Falling Apart
Source: Le Monde Diplomatique Rightwing parties in Latin America give themselves populist names, keep the manifesto rhetoric modest and talk of appealing to the street. But they aren’t winning many votes. Meanwhile business is learning […]
Is the Chilean Student Movement Being Co-opted by Its Government?
Source: The Nation President Michelle Bachelet’s reforms look good on paper—so why are tens of thousands of students taking to the streets to protest them? It’s been eight years since Chilean students first took to […]
Brazil: The World Cup Bus to Nowhere
Source: The Americas Blog The Rio de Janeiro city government inaugurated the most expensive public work project officially connected to the World Cup last week. Although construction of some of the stations is expected to […]
Mexico’s Biodiversity Under Siege
(IPS) – The Las Cruces hydroelectric project in the northwestern state of Nayarit is one of the threats to biodiversity in Mexico, according to activists. “It will have an impact on the Marismas Nacionales wetlands […]
Latin America: Full Spectrum Seizures of Power
Source: ALAI, América Latina en Movimiento Winds of change carrying old habits are blowing through the territories of Latin America and the Caribbean. The hegemonic vocation and the permanent need to renew it and reaffirm […]
Brazil: Dangerous Brew of Police Abuses and Impunity Threatens to Mar World Cup
Protesters taking to the streets across Brazil during the upcoming World Cup risk facing indiscriminate police and military violence as the country steps up efforts to control demonstrations, Amnesty International said a week before the […]