Take Part in Protecting Border Agencies to Save Water, Money
By Talli Nauman
The post-modern water reclamation agencies of the U.S.-Mexico border did themselves proud in the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City this past month of March, highlighting reasons they should not be wiped out, as some Treasury Department officials on both sides of the international boundary apparently would like. Chief among the reasons for keeping [...]
Read more →InterAmerican Development Bank Refusal to Grant Debt Relief a Blow to Bolivia
By gugler
Walking through the streets of downtown La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, a number of very poor women called potosinas are highly visible. The women, many of whom are dressed in rags, come from the rural areas of the Altiplano to beg in the streets. If you gave one of these impoverished women a boliviano [...]
Read more →Porto Murtinho: Sparkplug Ignites Cross-border Activism
By hinchberger
To the uninitiated, Porto Murtinho may seem like the middle of nowhere Send article as PDF
Read more →Caracas: Sixth World Social Forum
By navarro
The Sixth World Social Forum (WSF) took place at four different venues this year. Two of them Send article as PDF
Read more →The Resurrection of Lula
By Raúl Zibechi
According to polls, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has emerged unscathed from the political crisis of corruption his government suffered in 2005. With his popularity on the rise, it is likely he will be reelected for another four years in October. Nevertheless, there are indications that important changes have taken place that will limit [...]
Read more →Argentina 30 Years after the Coup
This March 24, Argentines commemorated the 30 year anniversary of the nation’s 1976 military coup and the brutal nightmare of state terror that followed. Throughout the week, human rights groups remembered the 30,000 people who were disappeared with a series of rallies and cultural events. Without a doubt, anniversary commemorations were much larger this year [...]
Read more →Water, Deporting Violence, Argentina-Uruguay, Recuperated Enterprises
By CIP Americas
Dear Friends, There has been so much going on in the Americas lately that it’s hard to know where to begin. This new edition of the Americas Updater offers a good sampling of the breadth and depth of events in the region. As chronicled in This Week in the Americas, the Fourth World Water Forum [...]
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