
After Recognition: Indigenous Peoples Confront Capitalism
Indigenous peoples across Latin America have in recent years taken a leading position in defending national sovereignty, democratic rights, and ...

New Water Wars in Bolivia: Climate Change and Indigenous Struggle
On April 16, about 900 comunarios, or communal peasants, of Nor Lípez Province in Bolivias southwestern department of Potosí staged ...

Extractivism Spills Death and Destruction in Peru
On June 19, a barge belonging to the Argentine transnational Pluspetrol spilled 400 barrels of oil into the Maranon River ...

Honduras: ‘Reconciliation’ vs. Reality
The U.S. State Department is leading an effort to readmit Honduras into the Organization of American States (OAS), which suspended ...

Full Disclosure: Buying Venezuela’s Press With U.S. Tax Dollars
The U.S. State Department is secretly funneling millions of dollars to Latin American journalists, according to documents obtained in June ...

Discrediting Alternatives to Neoliberalism
Washington policy makers and their loyal press corps have a well-developed toolkit for discrediting foreign governments that oppose U.S. policies ...

An FMLN Womans Story of Courage and Conviction, 20 Years Later
Marias Story: A Documentary Portrait of Love and Survival in El Salvadors Civil War, a documentary film by Monona Wali ...

The Mingas History Repeats Itself
Colombias indigenous movement is complex, multifaceted, and by no means homogenous, so it should not be surprising that there are ...