The Global Pesticide Pushers in Latin America
In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a booming lowland city near cattle ranches and thriving soy fields, I visit Campo Verde, a ...
Taking on Big Cellulose: Brazilian Indigenous Communities Reclaim Their Land
In late August, Brazilian minister of justice Tarso Genro shocked many with his decision to demarcate about 27,000 acres of ...
Chile: Exxon, et. al.
Recent new investments in Chile by major multinationals, and promises of more to come, suggest that the Junta's aggressive "open ...
Multinational Gold Rush in Guatemala
Somewhere amid the chaos that erupted January 11 along a stretch of the Pan-American Highway in Guatemala a protestor lost ...
MERCOSUR Common Market Falters
Supporters hail the Southern Cone Common Market as a major step to- ward the fulfillment of the age-old dream of ...
Cargill: Canadian Wheat
The family farm(*) in America today is an endangered species as modern agribusiness consolidates its hold over the agricultural economy ...
The De Facto Powers Behind Fujimori’s Regime
Fujimori takes great pride in not being beholden to the interests of any particular group. He did not, for example, ...
Anniversary Essay: The Changing Faces of Imperialism
Imperialism," as defined by the analytical Marxist and "Iradical tradition, is the pro- cess and consequences of the rivalry among ...