Category: Latin America
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Haiti’s Earthquake Victims Step Up Demands For Housing
The plight of some 400,000 Haitians still living under tarps and tents since the January 12, 2010 earthquake has surged into the streets and headlines in recent weeks, highlighting one … Keep reading »
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Paraguay’s Parliamentary Coup and Ottawa’s Imperial Response
A soft-coup has ousted Centre-Leftist Fernando Lugo from the presidency in Paraguay and replaced him with Vice-President, but long-time political enemy, Federico Franco of the inaptly named Partido Liberal Radical … Keep reading »
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Soccer, Imperialism, and Resistance in Honduras
Never let them tell you it’s ‘just a game.’ Much is on the line, as the Canadian and Honduran national soccer teams prepare for their World Cup Qualifying match on … Keep reading »
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Mallku Khota
A Briefing on South American Silver’s Actions in Bolivia Prepared by Celia Garces in conjunction with CEDIB, Cochabamba The indigenous community of Mallku Khota is in a state of emergency for resisting … Keep reading »
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Mexico: Populist Lopez Obrador Moves Up in Polls
Keynesian Impulses Give Way to Appeals to Business Mexico’s voters face an increasingly murky choice in the rapidly approaching July 1 national election between three conservative, pro-business candidates and a populist … Keep reading »
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Harper Pushing Extractive Industry in Latin America But Communities Are Pushing Back
On the ground at the Peoples Summit – Cartagena, Colombia At the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Stephen Harper spoke to CEOs from across the Americas and unveiled Canada’s … Keep reading »
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Haiti: Solidarity and Social Justice
Toronto — 17 February 2012. Moderated by Kevin Edmonds. Roger Annis, coordinator of the Canada Haiti Action Network in Vancouver and director of a ten-day fact-finding and solidarity mission to … Watch video »
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ALBA Advances toward ‘Alternative Economic Model’, Pursues Anti-Imperialist Agenda
Member countries of Latin America’s alternative integration bloc, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), met in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas last weekend in order to … Keep reading »
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The Distinguishing Features of Latin America’s New Left In Power
The Governments Of Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales And Rafael Correa Most political analysts place the governments of Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador) in the same category … Keep reading »
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Internal Fractions and the Right in Bolivia
A month has gone by since the people of the Territorio Indígena Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécure (TIPNIS as they are referred to in Bolivia) departed from Trinidad in the province … Keep reading »
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The Chilean Student Movement Against Neoliberalism
‘Our future is not for sale’ Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th century … Keep reading »
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Marching for Land, Dignity and the Proceso de Cambio
August 15th 2011, marked yet another historic event in Bolivia’s long and rich history of struggle. At nine in the morning, after a support rally from their allies, the Confederacion … Keep reading »