Source: NACLA On May 2, CNN executive producer Arthur Brice published what was purported to be a news article on Venezuela. Instead, Brice’s 4,300-word screed, titled “Chavez Health Problems Plunge Venezuela’s Future Into Doubt,” is little […]
(IPS) – Foreign non-residents, gay or straight, can now get married in the Argentine capital, thanks to a resolution that removed bureaucratic obstacles and streamlined the procedure. Since same-sex marriage was approved in Argentina in […]
The Belo Monte dam project shows the government’s failure to respect indigenous rights and reform energy policy. Source: Al Jazeera It’s rather ironic to find commonalities between President Rousseff’s government and past Brazilian military regimes. […]
Uniformed US soldiers involved in killing of six civilians Source: Defensores en Linea TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS–Although we have not read the official reaction of the U.S. Embassy about the tragic military actions of the Drug Enforcement […]
(IPS) – Indigenous groups in Chile celebrated a recent court ruling that represented the latest victory in the struggle for respect for their right to be previously consulted about major projects which directly affect their […]
Voluntary guidelines are not enough. We must ensure our critical gaze on exploitative mining firms does not waver. Source: The Guardian/PovertyMattersBlog I was recently sent a new film by an old friend, Hollman Morris. Morris […]
(Tierramérica) – The controversial concept of degrowth receives little press coverage in a region like Latin America. But the idea of a way of life that is not aimed exclusively at GDP growth does have […]
Source: NACLA On May 1, President Evo Morales seized control of Bolivia’s electric grid from a subsidiary of the Spanish-owned Red Eléctrica de España. In a dramatic ritual now familiar to Bolivians as a hallmark […]
(IPS) – An indigenous group in the Amazon rain forest took its anti-oil message to Canada in a case rife with accusations of social and environmental damage that highlights the issue of securing consent prior […]
Sunday’s edition of the New York Times featured a front page story by Thom Shanker about how the US is waging an “Iraq-style” war on drugs in Honduras. Shanker, a former Senior Writer in Residence […]
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