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Boston Review | Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza - Mapuche Student Leader’s Arrest a Disgrace
Santiago Times | Brittany Peterson - Guatemala Says It's Weighing Drug Legalization
Associated Press | Romina Ruiz-Goiriena - Henrique Capriles, Wins Venezuela's Opposition Presidential Primary
The Huffington Post | Fabiola Sanchez and Ian James - Panama: Indigenous Mining Protest Blocks Pan-American Highway
Global Voices | - Cuba on the Road to Clean Energy Development
IPS | Patricia Grogg - Immigrant Youth Coalition Takes City Hall & Homeland Security Office
| Pocho One - President Rousseff Goes to Cuba: Towards a More Effective Brazilian Policy
The Havana Note | Arturo Lopez-Levy - Haiti Drops 'Baby Doc' Rights Abuses Case
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NACLA: Web Articles
Garry Leech
Friday February 10 2012
The complexities of the armed conflict in Colombia's drug-producing region of Catatumbo are set to garner greater attention from both the Colombian military and the media. This is underscored by the fact that in addition to the presence of the EPL, FARC, and ELN guerrilla forces, the region is also host to the neo-paramilitary organizations Los Rastrojos and Los Urabeños.
Charo Mina-Rojas
Friday February 3 2012
On December 9, Santos decreed Law 4635, ostensibly creating the means for the Colombian government to compensate and assist Afro-Colombian victims that have been kicked off their land. However Santos failed to consult Afro-Colombians prior to the decree—a right protected in the constitution. Without such consultation this is just another piece of legislation that has made a mockery of the rights of Afro-descendants.
Bryan Finlayson
Thursday January 19 2012
Protestors in Cajamarca, Peru, are anxiously awaiting a ruling by the Peruvian constitutional court. The court is expected to decide this week if the Cajamarca regional council overstepped its constitutional authority when it unanimously approved a law on December 28 banning the construction of the new multibillion-dollar Minas Conga gold and copper mine.
Leah Wilson and Alexis Stoumbelis
Tuesday January 17 2012
On Monday morning, crowds gathered in the community of El Mozote to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords that ended El Salvador´s 12-year-long civil war. At the solemn event, El Salvador’s first leftist president, Mauricio Funes, apologized for the state role in the 1981 El Mozote massacre and announced reparations for the victims and their families.
Valerie Kaussen
Thursday January 12 2012
Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. For a year and a half, the International Organization for Migration has coordinated several communications projects aimed at empowering Haitian tent camp residents. There is nothing wrong with encouraging people to take charge of their lives, but these projects are placing the responsibility for aid failures on the Haitian people while promoting a neoliberal “do it yourself” ideology.
Roger Burbach
Friday January 6 2012
Along with the Arab Spring, the indignados movement of Spain, and Occupy Wall Street, Latin America also played a role in the global tumult in 2011. Over the last year diverse grassroots movements in Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, and Peru have been raising questions and challenging the existent order.
Alexander Main and Daniel McCurdy
Thursday December 22 2011
The U.S. government has denounced the recent legitimate presidential election in Nicaragua, while supporing flawed elections in Haiti and Honduras over the last two years. While this U.S. policy may appear baffling, it begins to make sense when you consider the long-standing U.S. political agenda in the region.
NACLA
Wednesday December 21 2011
NACLA’s latest Report on the Americas is now available. This issue, "Latino Student Movements: Defending Education," gives voice to Latino student movements across the Americas that are standing up to the crises, cutbacks, and repression.
Marina Sitrin
Monday December 19 2011
Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the popular rebellion in Argentina. An uprising that with popular power forced out four governments in two weeks. But that was only the beginning. This year, 2011, is also a beginning. Not at all dissimilar from Argentina, this has been a year of popular uprisings, popular power, and new ways of organizing and doing politics.
Sujatha Fernandes
Friday December 16 2011
Fifty years ago, in 1961, the Cuban literacy campaign mobilized more than 1 million Cubans as teachers or students. In that same year, 707,000 Cubans learned how to read or write. The new documentary Maestra tells the story of that inspiring campaign through the memories of the women who served as literacy teachers—the maestras themselves.