New & Noteworthy
Lula of Brazil: The Story So Far by Richard Bourne, University of California Press (2008), 294 pp., $17.95 (paperback) When ...
¡Golpistas! Coups and Democracy in the 21st Century
On November 22, speaking to a regional forum of defense ministers that included U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Bolivian ...
Immigration and ‘Free Trade’
I want to commend NACLA and Esther Portillo of the Salvadoran American National Association (SANA) for the link you made ...
A Realigned Bolivian Right: New ‘Democratic’ Destabilizations
On December 13, 2010, Luis Núñez, president of a civic committee from the lowland eastern city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, ...
Toward the Plurinational State: CONAIE on the Police Rebellion in Ecuador
What follows is a communiqué issued September 30 by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), which comprises three ...
Last but Not Least: The Fight to Release Oscar López Rivera
On January 5, Oscar López Rivera, imprisoned since 1981 for fighting for Puerto Rican independence, appeared before the U.S. Parole ...
Mexico: The Cost of U.S. Dumping
For years developing countries have complained that rich countries undermine their agricultural development by “dumping” surplus commodities on them—that is, ...
Brazil: Dilma Rousseff’s Victory
On New Year’s Day, Dilma Rousseff became the first woman to assume the presidency of Brazil. An economist and longtime ...
