Protests are initiated by ultra-right factions of the opposition in the hope of an eventual systemic overhaul. Source: Al Jazeera Five days after violent anti-government incitement in Venezuela led to the deaths of three people, […]
The US push to topple the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro once again pits Washington against South America Source: The Guardian When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, […]
Translated [by MiningWatch Canada] from the original posted by Honduran journalist Dina Meza on February 14, 2014 in facebook: Carlos Amador, an environmentalist and communicator from the Siria Valley in Honduras, is denouncing that over […]
“The State has entered, the territory is the State’s, and we’re not leaving,” said José Mariano Beltrame, Rio de Janeiro’s Security Secretary and architect of the city’s radical new security policy, on its fifth anniversary […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Violent sectors of the opposition have continued protests over the weekend and Monday, leaving parts of the main cities in Merida and Tachira states closed, and some serious injuries. In Merida yesterday opposition students […]
Source: Green Left Weekly History repeats itself. The time-worn tactic of the dominant class that controls the diffusion of information is to provoke violence and then blame it on the enemy, usually those who struggle […]
Source: Radio Mundo Real In Veracruz, to the South of Mexico, there are plans to build 112 dams and 6 hydroelectric power plants without authorization by communities, who in the past weeks have mobilized in […]
Source: Solidarity Webzine In the midst of the current economic crisis, leaders of the world’s richest countries (the U.S., most shamefully) claim that they do not have the money to fully fund key programs in […]
Source: NACLA Over more than a decade, the rise of the left in Latin American governance has led to remarkable advances in poverty alleviation, regional integration, and a reassertion of sovereignty and independence. The United […]
Source: NACLA Over the past several months, Bolivians have witnessed the crisis of CONAMAQ, a confederation of Aymará and Quechua communities in the Bolivian highlands. Since 1997, CONAMAQ has championed the rights of highland indigenous […]
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