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 [...]
Read more →World Water Forum Not the Place to Solve Global Water Crisis
Water flooded Mexico City the week of March 16-22, causing major traffic jams, provoking street confrontations, and filling the pages of local and international newspapers. Yet nothing got wet. The long-awaited Fourth World Water Forum brought over 10,000 participants and hundreds of journalists to town to discuss what organizers hoped would be the mostly technical [...]
Read more →Brazilian Homesteaders Defend the Disappearing Flat-Topped Pine
By hinchberger
Natives of the Santa Catarina backwoods are instinctively reserved and mistrustful, but Luiz Backes manages to be even more tight-lipped than most. Minutes of silence pass, enough to honor all the martyrs to Brazil’s land struggles, as he rolls a cigarette and mulls his next utterance Send article as PDF
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