The Condemned of the City
By alvarez
Argentine cities today, especially the city of Buenos Aires, are suffering a profound crisis. Districts of the dispossessed expand, new informal settlements bloom, and everyday more people live in hotels, furnished rooms, tenement houses, or simply in the street. The housing emergency is undeniable. Argentine cities today, especially the city of Buenos Aires, are suffering [...]
Read more →Honduran Coup Crisis Continues; Return of the Right in Argentina; Biodiversity Report; Swine Flu in South America
By CIP Americas
This Week in the Americas Dear friends, We’ve been covering the coup in Honduras since before it happened—some 40 days ago now. That’s the standard quarantine period, a biblical reference traditionally observed after childbirth here in Mexico. In the 40 days since the coup, diplomatic efforts to quarantine anti-democracy maneuvers by isolating the Honduran coup [...]
Read more →Honduras: The Frontline in the Battle for Democracy
By emanuelsson
Hondurans protest against Batallion 3-16.Photo: Mirian Huezo Emanuelsson. The coup d’etat in Honduras on June 28 shook the world, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was the first coup d’etat for the Obama administration, which condemned the overthrow and characterized it as a coup. This was remarkable, given the history of the White [...]
Read more →On Eve of Summit, Mexico’s Human Rights Record Comes Under Fire in U.S. Congress
A week before Obama’s scheduled trip to Mexico, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) made it clear that he would block the human rights report on Mexico that is set as a condition for releasing remaining funds through the Merida Initiative. The report was to be presented by Sec. of State Clinton to the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations [...]
Read more →Rethinking Hazardous Waste under NAFTA
By slocum
Given Obama’s campaign pledge to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to incorporate environmental precepts, one issue that must be addressed is the agreement’s contribution to Mexico’s hazardous waste problem. In response to domestic demands, the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed the parallel North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) and established [...]
Read more →The Other Chile: Following Victor Jara’s Songs
By Raúl Zibechi
While the country enters a media-hyped electoral campaign, some communities continue their struggle to create a new world based upon much solidarity and active participation of those at the lowest social levels. A reality very like the one Victor Jara used to sing about.1 Boca Sur: an area imprisoned between the Bio Bio delta and [...]
Read more →Synopsis of a Failed Process of Pacification and Democratization in the Region
By aguilar
Peace Agreements and Democratization Processes in Central America The changes that followed the Peace Agreements in Central America, particularly since the 90s when the "democratization process" began, went further than merely implementing regular elections. They signified the adoption of a whole package of fiscal, macroeconomic, labor, and socio-productive reforms aimed at consolidating the base and [...]
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