Solidarity at the Pump: A Proposal for the Oil Exporting Nations of the Third World

Solidarity at the Pump: A Proposal for the Oil Exporting Nations of the Third World

When we speak about oil in Latin America, there are several new developments we must take into account: first, a ...
Justice Delayed—But Not Denied

Justice Delayed—But Not Denied

In July, Dominicans celebrated guilty verdicts handed down against four confessed murderers of Orlando Martínez, a young journalist killed in ...
Colombia's U'Wa People: The Real Price of Oil

Colombia’s U’Wa People: The Real Price of Oil

"We are all children of the Earth, help us to defend her." —Berito KuwarU'wa, spokesperson Traditional U'wa Authority In the ...
Well of Contention: Oil in the Americas

Well of Contention: Oil in the Americas

This piece was published in the January/February 2001 issue of the NACLA Report. "Oil, more than any other commodity," comments Fernando ...
Book Review Essay: The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela.

Book Review Essay: The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela.

A scant quarter century ago, events seemed to portend a global shift in power and wealth toward the Third World ...
Silent War in Nicaragua: The New Politics of Violence

Silent War in Nicaragua: The New Politics of Violence

At 2:30 p.m. on June 15, 2000—more than ten years after the U.S.-sponsored Contra war officially ended in Nicaragua—a guerrilla ...
Venezuela's Balancing Act: Big Oil, OPEC and National Development

Venezuela’s Balancing Act: Big Oil, OPEC and National Development

Beneath the banks of the Orinoco River in eastern Venezuela lies one of the largest hydrocarbon reserves in the world, ...
IMF and World Bank to Labor Unions: Drop Dead

IMF and World Bank to Labor Unions: Drop Dead

From October 23 to 25 of last year, the High Command of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World ...