Nicaragua: Crisis and Rebirth of Sandinismo
By Raúl Zibechi
Since its 1990 electoral defeat and ouster from power, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has gone through several political crises, leading a large number of its most charismatic founders and leaders to defect. On top of these defections, questions have been raised about the ethics of the party’s main leader, Daniel Ortega, splitting the [...]
Read more →Chilean Workers Stake a Claim to Mine Profits
By fazio
By the end of this year, the world’s largest copper deposit Send article as PDF
Read more →Argentina and IMF, Bolivian Assembly, Mexican Election
By CIP Americas
This Week in the Americas Latin America: Lessons to be Learned By Laura Carlsen The rapid-fire changes taking place in Latin America offer some important lessons on globalization, at a time when the historical process seems to be reaching its first major crossroads. These lessons are being overlooked in U.S. policy circles, due to a [...]
Read more →Economic Justice in Haiti Requires Debt Restitution
By phillips
A meeting of international diplomats and financiers in Port-au-Prince this summer ended up with a commitment of $750 million in foreign aid to Haiti over the coming year. This generosity will build badly needed roads, schools and hospitals, which will make a real difference to ordinary Haitians Send article as PDF
Read more →The Hidden Politics of Bolivia
By mokrani
The results of Bolivia’s elections sealed the right wing’s defeat as a powerful political force while demonstrating just how well established the Movement toward Socialism (MAS, for the Spanish initials) has become. However, the procedures established for the new Constituent Assembly severely restrict the exercise of majority power and strategic alliances will have to be [...]
Read more →Welcome to the World of Hazardous Waste Inventories
By Talli Nauman
Dear Readers, Talli Nauman has been writing for the Americas Program on Mexico’s hazardous waste inventory for many years now. She was one of scores of activists who fought long and hard to make the information public and attain a toxics register in Mexico. Although much remains to be done in terms of public education [...]
Read more →Mexico, Cuba, Paraguay, Sanctions
By CIP Americas
This Week in the Americas By Laura Carlsen The U.S. government launched a new trade offensive in Latin America this month. First, the new U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab came out swinging by announcing that three Latin American countries Send article as PDF
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