Neoliberalism
Anaylsis, news and reflections following the course of neoliberal policies in Latin America, including Plan Puebla Panama (PPP), the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the aftermath of NAFTA, and CAFTA-DR (Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement).
August 24, 2008 - 6:01pm — Staff
By David Venegas Reyes, Translated by Scott Campbell
May 30, 2008 - 9:28am — leiloca
El Plan Mexico, oficialmente conocido como la Iniciativa Merida, es una parte de la codificacion de la Alianza para la seguridad y prosperidad de América del Norte (ASPAN) en Mexico.
May 14, 2008 - 12:51pm — leiloca
by Loren Guerriero
The foreign mining industry has been exploiting communities for their natural resources in Central America for decades now, principally in Guatemala, and the industry is rapidly expanding. Today, foreign companies, especially Canadian Linear Gold, are turning their attention to the mountain ranges in eastern Chiapas, which known to be rich in various mineral resources, of which the most valuable and sought-after is gold. The market price of gold has reached US $2,000 per ounce and is continuing to grow. Prospectors have estimated the Chiapan mountain ranges hold up to 1.2 million ounces of gold. In Guatemala, a single mining site makes US $50 million on average per year. With several mining companies maintaining about 15 sites at any given time, the owners are making a killing.
June 18, 2007 - 6:28pm — Staff
June 18, 2007 - 5:42pm — Staff
May 7, 2007 - 9:18pm — Staff
by Leila
March 29, 2007 - 1:21pm — Diana
By CECOP
El Consejo de Ejidos y Comunidades Opositores a la Presa La Parota (CECOP), saluda los trabajos de esta Segunda Asamblea de la Convención Nacional Democrática (CND) y, con el aval y el peso de cuatro años de resistencia contra la construcción de la Presa La Parota, -en defensa de nuestras tierras y del agua del Río Papagayo- nos unimos a la lucha por la conformación de un gran movimiento nacional que enfrente la embestida del gobierno neoliberal, pero con la convicción de que vamos a ganar, tanto en nuestro movimiento regional como también en el gran movimiento social que requiere el país para acabar con el gobierno ilegítimo y espurio, antes de que él acabe con los recursos del país y con las condiciones de vida de la mayoría de los mexicanos.
March 29, 2007 - 12:17pm — Diana
By Riccardo and Diana
Wind power has been praised internationally as a possible solution to the world's energy problems. Renewable so long as the wind blows and purportedly a cleaner, less damaging source of energy, wind power has companies jumping on the bandwagon to invest in such "green technology".
However, just as in any matter where money and power are concerned, careful attention must be paid to the power relations involved.
March 29, 2007 - 12:14pm — Diana
By ARK
Radio replaces telephone and newspaper in Oaxacan indigenous villages.
Alfredo Landa walks into a small room, the walls of which have been covered with egg cartons.
Landa sits in front of the microphone and chooses the same song he starts every morning with. At seven o’clock, the community radio of San Juan Guichicovi plays the Mexican national song in local Mixe indigenous language. Mixe is one of the many indigenous languages spoken in the state of Oaxaca.
February 7, 2007 - 8:18pm — Diana
“We Want Tortillas, Not PAN!”
On January 31, 2007, tens of thousands of Mexicans filled the central plaza of the capital in the March for Food Sovereignty and In Defense of a Minimum Wage and Employment. This megamarcha in Mexico City was a mass expression of similar protests that have mobilized all over the country since the beginning of January when the price of tortillas increased drastically.
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