15/05/2008
A Primer on Plan Mexico
The "Merida Initiative" has fatal flaws in its strategy; instead of leading to a stable binational relationship and peaceful border communities, its military approach will escalate drug-related violence and human rights abuses. The Bush Administration has put its proposal to militarize Mexico into the upcoming Iraq supplemental bill. By Laura Carlsen. (09/05/08)
May Day march in New York
The demonstration in New York was organized by the NYC May First Coalition for Immigrant and Workers’ Rights and was one of various actions executed throughout the United States by the National May First Movement for Worker and Immigrant Rights. By Eva Lewis. (01/05/08)
Peasants and small farmers can feed the world!
This crisis is the result of many years of destructive policies that have undermined domestic food production. Trade liberalization has waged a virtual war against small producers. By Vía Campesina. (30/04/08) (30/04/08)
Ecuador's Mining Decree: A Cautious Victory for Communities
Communities and organizations opposed to large scale metallic mining in Ecuador are calling the new mining decree passed by the National Constituent Assembly last Friday a win for their movement. By Jennifer Moore. (25/04/08)
EU-CAN negotiations: The Return of the Pirates
The fundamental differences between the Andean countries are reflected in the rhythms and timetables that each country wants to impress on the negotiations. Colombia and Peru want a fast track agreement. Ecuador and Bolivia prefer to take their time to debate the major issues. By Eduardo Tamayo G. (24/04/08)
The Debate on Biofuels
The debate on so-called “biofuels” has intensified in recent days. Rhetorical arguments are blindly repeated with speeches citing the environment and poor people as the central concerns. But when the time comes to make decisions these are wholly ignored. By Gerardo Honty (22/04/08)
Where's the heat? An outsider's view of the Bangkok climate talks
There is an important difference between trade and climate change. It doesn't matter if the WTO never reaches an agreement and there is no new round of trade liberalisation. Climate negotiations are different: we need results. By Nicola Bullard and Bea Moraras. (17/04/08)
The Heuristic of Fear
In the Colombian-Ecuadorian conflict, at stake is the geopolitical strategy that involves the privatization of territories and their link to global financial speculation. Fear is constructing the new enemies and laying the foundation for arguments that will permit their physical destruction. By Pablo Dávalos. (13/04/08)
Is the World Bank Profiteering on Bogus Carbon Credits?
The World Bank's long-running identity crisis is proving hard to shake. When efforts to rebrand itself as a "knowledge bank" didn't work, it devised a new identity as a "Green Bank." Really? Yes, it's true. By Daphne Wysham and Shakuntala Makhijani. (07/04/08)
Don't confuse peasants with landowners
The agrarian strike that began more than two weeks ago is being utilized by putchist sectors to destabilize the government and continue exploiting the people with total impunity. By Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. (01/04/08)
Argentina: A country with more than 30,001 disappeared
While former members of the FFAA who committed crimes against humanity during the 1970s remain free, it will be difficult for the Argentine people to live tranquilly, or for Julio Lopez's disappearance to be resolved. By Daniel E. Benadava. (28/03/08)
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