Upside Down World

Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote

In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote...

Lucio, The Good Bandit: Reflections of an Anarchist

Lucio Urtubia could be described as a modern day Robin Hood, a man who stole from the rich to give...

Guatemala: Forced Disappearance and the Search for Justice in El Jute

We are fighting so that our kids won’t ever have to know the pain of what we lived through...

Bolivian President Evo Morales on the WTO’s Round of Negotiations

The WTO negotiations have turned into a fight by developed countries to open markets in developing countries to favor their...

A Recent History of the Disability Rights Movement in El Salvador

Many argue that El Salvador has come a long way towards trying to repair its disabled past by declaring itself...

Central America: Winners and Losers in the Global Mining Industry

There is a huge distance geographically between where the corporate, financial and investor decisions are taken to initiate and extend...

Argentina: “Domino Effect” Feared in Withdrawal of Mining Company

On June 25, British mining company Alexander Gold announced their withdrawal from a $40 million mining project in the province...

Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance

After almost a year of arduous work, Oxfam America will be presenting in Guatemala the photo-publication titled Metal Mining in...

The Soybean Crop in Uruguay: The Creation of a Power Block

In Uruguay, as in all other countries in the region, the expansion of single-crop agriculture (monoculture) combined with the powerful...

Nicaraguans Demand Justice From World Bank-Financed Sugar Cane Company

Communities in the Northern Pacific lowlands of Nicaragua are hoping to attract national and international attention to their struggle against...

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