
Anti-privatization Protests Erupt in Peru
AREQUIPAFive days of protests against the Peruvian governments decision to privatize state-run electric companies in the southern department of Arequipa ...

New Colombian President Promises More War
In 1998, Colombians elected a presidential candidate who promised them peace. On May 26, 2002, they chose one who promised ...

Book Review Essay: Systems of Violence by Nazih Richani
Nazih Richanis book Systems of Violence: The Political Economy of War and Peace in Colombia is a convincing and important ...

Judgement Day in Chile
On May 8 of this year, an unusually warm fall day in Santiago, Chiles capital, I found myself seated in ...

Chile’s Tolerance of Intolerance
On the night of May 31, about 15 people, masked and wearing all black, stormed into a packed club in ...

Why Argentina Crashed and Is Still Crashing
The catastrophic collapse of the Argentine economy during the second half of 2001, and its accelerating decline during the first ...

CRISIS IN THE AMERICAS: ARGENTINA, VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA
This report examines three critical moments in todays Latin America: the tense face-off in Venezuela between supporters and opponents of ...

Throw Them All Out Argentinas Grassroots Rebellion
A grassroots rebellion is taking place in Argentina with the common refrain "que se vayan todos," or "throw them all ...