Source: NACLA On August 6, the 188th anniversary of Bolivian independence, a traditional day of festive celebration was transformed into an act of protest by indigenous groups in the Amazonian department of Beni, who demonstrated […]
Source: El Otro Saber y Poder The following article was written by Reinaldo Iturriza, Venezuela’s minister for communes. On 10 August 2012, a little more than a year ago, the first commune was formally registered […]
Compañeros and compañeras, receive our combative greetings to all the peoples and communities who struggle and resist with dignity, in Mexico and the world, against the capitalist exploitation of indigenous territories which seeks to own […]
Source: The Americas Blog A newly declassified intelligence estimate [large PDF] from the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reveals that the U.S. military considers International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy constraints on Honduras to be a factor […]
A proposal to increase private investment in Mexico’s hydrocarbons sector has been presented by President Enrique Peña Nieto. The links between former bureaucrats and energy reform are explored in this piece, originally published by Mexican […]
Source: Labor is Not a Commodity Long-time Honduran union leader José María Martínez of FESTAGRO is facing serious and repeated death threats for speaking out for banana workers’ rights. For the past 20 years, Martínez has […]
Source: Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador The Salvadoran right-wing private sector, with the support of U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte, has unveiled a series of reforms to the recently-approved Public-Private Partnership […]
Source: NACLA The saga of Edward Snowden and the “hijacking” of Evo Morales’s presidential jet continues to reverberate in Bolivia, where it has reignited a controversy over Brazil’s grant of political asylum to rightwing politician […]
Local opponents return machines to Sunshine Silver Mines Source: Americas Program A Denver, Colorado based mining company is the owner of a mining project that had its machines returned by local authorities in the village […]
Source: Honduras Culture and Politics In rural Honduras, the northward pull is strong That’s how the Washington Post headlined an article that, unfortunately, is unlikely to give people in the US anything other than another […]
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