Concerns over indigenous reserve and archaeological remains prompts call from local federation Source: The Guardian An indigenous federation from south-east Peru wants exploration operations by US company Hunt Oil in a supposedly protected reserve in […]
Source: NACLA On February 13, Bolivia’s highest court issued a long-awaited ruling addressing provisions of the country’s penal code that criminalize abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman’s life or health […]
Kyle De Lima has an escape plan, just in case. Stamping his shoeless foot on the gas pedal and speeding past quarry security in Trinidad’s lush Northern Range, De Lima explains how the day might […]
A study by a Unites States NGO shows that the main US mining and oil companies operate on the lands of 370 indigenous communities in 36 countries. Fuente: Página/12 The largest oil and mining companies […]
Source: The Nation The protests this week have far more to do with returning economic and political elites to power than with their downfall. Ukraine. Bosnia. Venezuela. Tear gas. Masks. Water cannons. Ours is an […]
Source: Venezuela Analysis Mérida, 24th February 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has called for a “National Peace Conference” as a means of resolving the on-going violent opposition protests in Venezuela. The opposition has […]
Source: Americas Program The press and Mexican government announced that yesterday [Feb. 22] at 6:40 in the morning, Mexican security forces captured the nation’s most wanted drug lord. Led by the Mexican Navy, agents and […]
Source: NACLA The media coverage of the events unfolding in Venezuela provides a troubling example of how the imperial ambitions of the United States can magnify crises—especially when contrasted with the current political situation in […]
Source: Venezuela Analysis Merida, 19th February 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Anti-government demonstrations turned deadly again today, following yesterday’s arrest of far right leader Leopoldo Lopez. Lopez heads the right-wing Voluntad Popular (VP) party, and was arrested yesterday on […]
The following is a summary of an in-depth report published by ACOGUATE on January 22, 2014 and translated by NISGUA. Read the full report, Pressure to Construct Xalalá Hydroelecrtic Dam; Local Opposition Remains Strong. Source: […]
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