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In spite of the childish claim by government officials (including President Rafael Correa) that the march was a total failure; in spite of countless obstacles the marchers had to overcome to reach Quito, including police […]

Source: This Magazine The book El Mal introduces Argentinians to the man who controls much of their freshwater: Barrick founder and chair Peter Munk. Recently published in Spanish, the book’s full title roughly translates as […]

(IPS) – “We shouldn’t have to live in fear. We’re citizens and voters of Chile, we have jobs, and yet we live in daily fear of being attacked,” said 33-year-old Carla Oviedo, a victim of […]

Interview with Jesse Freeston, a video-journalist and filmmaker who covers Central American politics and social movements. He talks to us about his new documentary about post-coup d’État Honduras, “Resistencia”. This report was originally aired on […]

Source: CorpWatch A thick fog flows over the eastern range of the Colombian Andes. Here and there, the constant wind lifts the clouds to reveal lagoons, cloud forests, and páramo, an Andean alpine ecosystem known […]

Source: FPIF With its muddy roads, humble huts, and constant military patrols, Bajo Aguán, Honduras feels a long way away from the slick polish of the recurring UN climate negotiations in the world’s capital cities. […]

Bernardo Vásquez killed in Oaxaca, two others wounded Source: Vancouver Media Co-op and Proyecto Ambulante Tonight, we lost a comrade. Someone who understood very well that it was cheaper for Fortuna Silver to divide his people […]

Source: La Journada In June 2002, just 10 years ago, the first popular consulta (vote) of a communal character about mining on a large scale in the world was held in Tambogrande (northern Peru). More […]

Source: Feministing Terrible news. Mexican trans rights activist Agnes Torres Sulca was found dead outside of her hometown of Puebla last week. Due to evidence of torture before she died, it seems quite clear that […]