Source: Honduras Culture and Politics Late December 5, the Honduran Cabinet, in a session without the participation of Porfirio Lobo Sosa, approved a decree declaring an emergency of public security for 90 days, enabling the […]
Explanations include a breakdown of social fabric during the armed conflict and a generation gap between war victims and today’s voters. Source: Latinamerica Press A plain, white, cement cross, marks the spot, next to the […]
(IPS) – Argentina’s soy boom has been a major source of foreign exchange. But the other side of the coin is the toxic effects among the rural population, from spraying agrochemicals. Research by the National […]
“I’ll never forget watching the chief of security aim his gun straight at me, feeling the bullet hit, lying on the ground coughing up blood. I was terrified. I thought I was going to die,” […]
“There is no remedy, and the Indians are coming to an end.” – Don Felipe Huamán Poma de Ayala, 1615 (quoted in Restall, 100) Despite the passage of nearly four hundred years, Huamán Poma’s dismal […]
The recent meeting of UNASUR Defense ministers and the Brazilian parliamentary debate on defense reveal that the region has made the decision to defend itself in the face of the intensifying global climate of war. […]
(IPS) – Although the public identifies human rights organisations in Latin America with resistance to the dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, for years now these groups have broadened their concerns to encompass environmental and […]
Source: Al Jazeera President Humala restricts civil liberties in Cajamarca after protests over mining and water issues paralyse the state. Ollanta Humala, the president of Peru, has declared a 60-day state of emergency in a […]
Source: Miradas al Sur Cristian Ferreyra’s murder exposed the harassment suffered by thousands of indigenous peasants that are forced to abandon their lands. This is how the gangs of thugs who work for big businesses […]
(IPS) – Ten years after its launch under a different name, the Mesoamerica Project, which involves major investments in energy, telecommunications, housing, health and other areas, is moving ahead slowly and continues to face scepticism […]
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