Conflict in the Borderlands

Conflict in the Borderlands

The history of U.S.-Mexico relations concerning water is one of barely contained, and sometimes open, diplomatic conflict. Within the United ...
Democracy’s Crisis of Legitimacy in Latin America

Democracy’s Crisis of Legitimacy in Latin America

The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) recent report, “Democracy in Latin America: Towards a Citizens’ Democracy,” aims to stimulate debate ...
KEEPING IT PUBLIC IN BOGOTÁ

KEEPING IT PUBLIC IN BOGOTÁ

When it loaned $145 million to Bogotá in 1996 to help salvage the Colombian capital’s struggling public water company, the ...
Fighting The Delta Blues

Fighting The Delta Blues

With its water levels dropping precipitously, the Colorado River Delta faces a bleak future. The survival of the Delta—and of ...
Peru’s Cocaleros on the March

Peru’s Cocaleros on the March

Farmers and local organizers from Peru’s prominent coca-cultivating regions staged a mass demonstration last April. Led in large part by ...
TRACKING THE ECONOMY: Paying for NAFTA

TRACKING THE ECONOMY: Paying for NAFTA

As many nations now seek deeper integration into the world economy through such fora as the Free Trade Area of ...
The Times They Are A-Changin’

The Times They Are A-Changin’

No, you are not imagining things; NACLA has undergone an extreme makeover (although we chose long-time Naclista and graphic designer ...
Water Privatization in Buenos Aires

Water Privatization in Buenos Aires

During the 1990s, as part of the country’s profound neoliberal economic and social transformation, Argentina experimented with a broad process ...
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