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May 8, 2013
5/08/2013. Osava. IPS. Institutional Tangles, Deindustrialisation Hurt Mercosur
May 2, 2013
5/2/2013 Carlsen, FPIF. U.S. Efforts to Block Democracy in Venezuela Harm Hemispheric Relations
April 23, 2013
4/23/2013 Davis, FPIF. In Guatemala, A Mass Grave for the Truth
February 15, 2013
2/15/2013 Fraser, IPS. BRICS Summit Means Business
February 13, 2013
2/13/2013 Valente, IPS. Escaping to Ecovillages in Argentina
February 1, 2013
2/01/2013 Llana, CSM. Mexico explosion: How will the Pemex blast affect the country's race for oil? (+video)
January 18, 2013
1/18/2013 Jarroud, IPS. Injustice Overshadows Growth in Chile
1/18/2013 Watts, Guardian UK. Amazon showing signs of degradation due to climate change, Nasa warns
January 16, 2013
1/16/2013 Sanchez, FPIF. The Falklands Referendum: A Hemispheric Balancing Act
January 7, 2013
1/7/13 Jarroud, IPS. Historic Mapuche Land Conflict Flares Up
May 8, 2011
5/8/2011 The Prisma. Military spending: Latin America and Africa lead the way
March 8, 2011
3/08/11 Cataan, CSM, International Women's Day shines fresh light on Mexico's 'femicides'
March 1, 2011
3/01/11, Busch, FPIF, WikiLeaks: Local Mexican Governments Corrupted by Drug Money Leave Citizens Nowhere to Turn
August 11, 2010
8/11/10 Perez-Roca, FPIF, Mining for El Salvador's Gold -- In Washington
July 26, 2010
7/26/10 BBC, Indigenous groups occupy Brazil hydro-electric plant
July 25, 2010
7/25/10 CNN, Chavez threatens to cut off oil to U.S.
July 24, 2010
7/24/10 Johnson, McClatchy, Grisly mass graves in Mexico yield 50 casualties of drug war
7/24/10 Collyns, BBC, Peru declares emergency over cold weather
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 BBC, Storm rips through Haiti tent city for homeless
July 10, 2010
7/10/10 Benno, PSL, Documents prove U.S. government involvement in 1971 Bolivia coup
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Charles, Miami Herald, Human-trafficking battle is promoted
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 Godoy, IPS, Autonomous Triqui Community Wary of New State Government
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Salazar, IPS, 'Don't Minimise' Impacts of Amazon Oil Spill
June 28, 2010
6/28/10 Frank, Progressive, A year later, Obama still shores up the Honduran coup
June 27, 2010
6/27/10 Parra, IPS, Honduran Caribbean on a Tightrope
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 BBC, Protests challenge Ecuador indigenous summit
6/26/10 Ortiz, Asia Times, China draws fire on mega loan to Ecuador
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Daniels, Reuters, Venezuela to nationalize U.S. firm's oil rigs
6/24/10 Conde, NYT, Rights Group Says Massacre Witness in Philippines Slain
6/24/10 Rogers, Miami Herald, Nicaragua's Sandinistas accused of paying for power
6/24/10 Carroll, Guardian, Peru's tribal groups chide president for vetoing rainforest law
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Costantini, IPS, Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto's Largesse
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 BBC, President Chavez's socialist world vision
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 BBC, Peru's minorities battle racism
6/13/10 Romero, NYT, Coca Production Makes a Comeback in Peru
June 12, 2010
6/12/10 Conroy, Narcosphere, U.S. Military has Special Ops "Boots on the Ground" in Mexico
June 10, 2010
6/10/10 Ansel, PSL, Colombian military backs BP against workers' struggle
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Herz, IPS, As "Temporary" Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners
June 8, 2010
6/08/10 BBC, Indigenous justice law approved in Bolivia
June 4, 2010
6/04/10 Hsiao, Asia Times, China drills deeper into Latin America
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Feiser, CSM, Guatemala City sinkhole so big, so round it 'doesn't seem real'
May 27, 2010
5/27/10 BBC, Peru indigenous leader detained on return from exile
May 25, 2010
5/25/10 Tompson, Guardian, Despair and mayhem in downtown slums of Kingston
5/25/10 Murphy, CSM, Jamaica attacks: a legacy of ties between politicians and gangs
5/25/10 Cabral, BBC, Brazil's booming agriculture sector eyes global markets
5/25/10 Duffy, BBC, Family friendly: Brazil's scheme to tackle poverty
May 24, 2010
5/24/10 Chavez, IPS, Morales Caught Between Gas Revenues and Indigenous Demands
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 Haven, AP, US and Cuba hold talks on oil spill
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Barnes, CSM, Brazil visit to Iran: 'last chance' before new round of sanctions?
5/14/10 Paez, IPS, Gas Exports Will Cause Local Shortages, Governors Protest
May 13, 2010
5/13/10 Daniel & Parraga, Reuters, Venezuelan gas rig sinks in Caribbean, no leaks
May 9, 2010
5/09/10 Carroll, Guardian, Cuba suffers exodus of the best and the brightest as economy remains in the doldrums
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 EDIE, Morocco pledges billions to tackle climate change
5/07/10 Al Jazeera, Ecuador water law sparks protests
May 5, 2010
5/05/10 Al Jazeera, Water debate sparks Ecuador clashes
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 Wheeler, ITT, The Poisoning of Puerto Rico
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Forero, WP, Oil-rich Venezuela gripped by economic crisis
4/29/10 Kaiser, U.S. Lawmakers Reach Trade Deal To Help Haiti; News Outlets Examine Health Care, Housing
4/29/10 Keim, WIred, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
April 28, 2010
4/28/10 ENS, Leaving 'Oil in the Soil': Ecuadoran President Confirms Deal to Leave Oil Under Yasuni Park
4/28/10 Souzzi, IPS, Protesters Call Dam Project a "Disaster" for Brazil's Native Communities
4/28/10 Pressly, BBC, Can free market economics boost Amazonian land rights?
4/28/10 BBC, Peru rebels ambush and kill coca plantation clearers
April 27, 2010
4/27/10 Kryt, ITT, Return of the Death Squads
April 23, 2010
4/23/10 Snow, CNN, Haitians seek refuge, face uncertainty
April 14, 2010
4/14/10 Carroll, Guardian, Coca Colla: the new 'real thing' in Bolivia
April 10, 2010
4/10/10 Barrionuevo, NYT, Tribes of Amazon Find an Ally Out of 'Avatar'
April 6, 2010
4/06/10 Allen, ITT, Offshoring Human Drug Trials
March 31, 2010
3/31/10 Bellos, Guardian, The Amazonian tribe that can only count up to five
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 BBC, Falkland Islands oil disappoints for Desire Petroleum
March 26, 2010
3/26/10 Zibechi, FPIF, Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Lacey, NYT, Americas Development Bank Forgives Much of Haiti's Debt
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 Dangl, Progressive, U.S. Bases in Colombia Rattle the Region
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 Ortiz, IPS, ECUADOR: Native Leaders Call for Anti-Government Protests
3/11/10 BBC, BP in $7bn deal to explore for oil in Brazil
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 GRAIN, Land Grabbing in Latin America
March 9, 2010
3/09/10 BBC, Brazil Slaps Trade Sanctions on US Over Cotton Dispute
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Jacobs, Wired, Microfinance Project Could Be New Kiva For Haiti's Diaspora
3/01/10 Ellingwood, LAT, Haiti confronts a monumental disposal problem
3/01/10 BBC, Chile quake sends copper prices higher
3/01/10 BBC, Venezuela 'helped Eta and Farc plot against Uribe'
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 BBC, Chile quake affects two million, says Bachelet
February 27, 2010
2/27/10 Witte and Miller, CSM, Chile earthquake much stronger than Haiti's but far less damage. Why?
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Al Jazeera, Haiti's neglected orphans
2/23/10 BBC, Argentina rallies regional support over Falklands
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Bowers, Guardian, Falkland Islands oil drilling begins
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 Guardian, The National Geographic archives: Agriculture in Ecuador Video
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 BBC, Argentina toughens shipping rules in Falklands oil row
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Klein, Nation, Haiti: A Creditor, Not a Debtor
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 BBC, Chavez puts Venezuela under 'electricity emergency'
February 6, 2010
2/06/10 Ford, PSL, Venezuelan government writes off Haiti's debt
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Ayala, IPS, EL SALVADOR: Activists Link Mining Co. to Murders
1/27/10 Van Auken, WSWS, US Marines in Haiti: Back to colonialism
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 White, WSWS, Criticism mounts over US response to Haiti disaster
1/26/10 CNN, Numbers tell stories of horror, heroism in Haiti
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, Focus on Haiti: Washington's Militarized Takeover
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 BBC, Venezuela TV channels taken off air
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Van Auken, WSWS, As US prepares long-term occupation, Haiti's quake victims still without aid
1/23/10 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Water a Matter of National Security
1/23/10 BBC, Venezuela oil 'may double Saudi Arabia'
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Collins, IntelDaily, It's the "New Haiti!"
1/22/10 Donato, HLLN, Oil in Haiti
1/22/10 BBC, Power cuts in Venezuela lead to traffic gloom
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 ENS, Thirst for Oil Imperils South America's Most Biodiverse Wilderness
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Plummer, BBC, Venezuela's economy in further slide
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 Swanson, PublicRecord, What Bush Did to Haiti
1/18/10 Soto & Gardner, Reuters, Chile shifts right as billionaire wins presidency
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 Palast, Huffington Post, History of a Haitian Holocaust
1/17/10 Hite & Kornbluh, Nation, Chile's Turning Point
1/17/10 McKenzie, IPS, FRANCE: Time to Pay Back Haiti
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Kim, Nation,
1/15/10 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: 'Colonisation Made Us Poor,' Say Indigenous Peoples
1/15/10 Lawrence et al, Haiti aid efforts hindered in critical hours
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 Henley, Guardian, Haiti: a long descent to hell
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Kryt, ITT, SLIDESHOW: Inside the World's Newest Police State
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Clark, CSM, Environment: In Peru's Amazon, finding gold but leaving mercury
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 BBC, Brazil landslides 'may close nuclear plants'
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 Carroll, Guardian, Gold giant faces Honduras inquiry into alleged heavy metal pollution
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Al Jazeera, Colombia 'facing foreign threat'
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 WW$ Report, NAFTA failed Mexico: Carnegie think tank
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Reuters, Contractor arrest may ruffle Obama's Cuba overture
12/15/09 Grant, BBC, Venezuela flood victims still live in ruins 10 years on
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Valente, IPS, ARGENTINA: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
12/13/09 Public Record, Honduran Elections Exposed As Fraud
12/13/09 Fainaru & Booth, WP, Mexico's drug cartels siphon liquid gold
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC, Hillary Clinton warns Latin America off close Iran ties
12/11/09 McDermott, BBC, 'US backed' Colombian attack on Ecuador camp
December 9, 2009
12/09/09 WorldFocus, The legacy of the 'Chicago Boys' lives on in Chile
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Romero, NYT, Venezuela Takes Greater Control of Banks
12/06/09 Carroll, Guardian, Evo Morales routs rivals to win second term in Bolivian elections
12/06/09 Purvis, Guardian, Wake up and smell the biodynamic coffee
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Todd, PSL, Peruvian government apology for racism leaves out slavery
12/04/09 Gonzalez, Uruguay shuffles left
12/04/09 Shukman, BBC, Glacier threat to Bolivia capital
December 2, 2009
12/02/09 Al Jazeera, Peru tribe threatened by hepatitis
12/02/09 Mackenzie, FT, Mexican oil production: from bad to worse
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Guardian, Brazilian president says 'gringos' must pay to protect Amazon
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Paez, IPS, PERU: IACHR Calls for Justice for Victims of Forced Sterilisation
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 BBC, Bolivia election: Cocaine casts shadow on campaign
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Fighting Hunger with Native Crops
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 WW$ Report, Colombia: court rules against US bases plan as more details revealed
11/11/09 BBC, The night the lights went out - Brazil, video
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 CNN, Dam failure triggers huge blackout in Brazil
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 BBC, Chavez steps up Colombia war talk
11/09/09 Schipani, BBC, La Paz celebrates Day of the Skulls
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 Mariches, AP, Venezuelans struggling with water shortages
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Llana, CSM, Zelaya: US-brokered Honduras deal 'dead'
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 BBC, Amazonian tribe hit by swine flu
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, Twenty Years After End Of The Cold War: Pentagon's Buildup In Latin America
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Duffy, BBC, University race quotas row in Brazil
11/01/09 Tamayo, Miami Herald, In Latin America, weapons buying spreads mistrust
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 CNN, Brazilian Indians find plane survivors
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 RIA, Sanity: Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games
10/30/09 Fraysinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Drugs, Guns, Gangs and Police - a Violent Mix in the 'Favelas'
10/30/09 Brodzinsky, CSM, US and Colombia sign accord for US to access military bases
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 ISN, Dirty Diamonds in Panama
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Chavez, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE-BOLIVIA: Climbing a 'Dead' Glacier
10/28/09 Berger, IPS, ECUADOR: Oil Giant Is Gone, Legal and Environmental Mess Remains
10/28/09 Brittain, IntelDaily, US Strategic Interests in Latin America: The Militarization of Colombia
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Barrionuevo, NYT, Ex-Guerrilla Ahead in Uruguay Vote
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 BBC, Evacuation from Puerto Rico fire
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Kryt, ITT, Casualties of the 'Bloodless' Coup
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Knapke, FPIF, Coup's Impact on Honduran Women
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Wheatley, FT, Brazil imposes tax on foreign investments
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Telegraph, Claims police tortured Peruvian protesters outside British-owned mine
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 Ayala, IPS, MIGRATION-EL SALVADOR: Broken Homes, Broken Families
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 AFP, LatAm Leftists Tackle Dollar with New Currency
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Godoy, IPS, MEXICO: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack, UN Warns
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 Marquez, IPS, VENEZUELA: Land for Yukpa Indians, But No 'Territory'
October 12, 2009
10/12/09 WW4 Report, Honduras "importing" Colombian paras as mercenaries?
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Romero & Krauss, NYT, Ecuador Oil Pollution Case Only Grows Murkier
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 LaFranchi, CSM, Fallout from Honduras's presidential crisis - in Washington
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Agribusiness Driving Land Concentration
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 EDIE, One dead and dozens injured in water protests
10/02/09 Llana, CSM, South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race?
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Gibson, MoJo, Joe Berlinger: Welcome to the Jungle
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Pierri, IPS, LATIN AMERICA: Black Population - Still Largely Invisible
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Rodrigues, PSL, Wealthy Brazilian farmer burns down homes of Indigenous villagers
9/29/2009 Real Truth. Latin America Increases Military Spending As Poverty Grows Worse
September 27, 2009
9/27/09 BBC, Brazil rejects Honduran ultimatum
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 BBC, Brazil urges action on Honduras
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Llana, CSM, Latin America breaks ranks in US war on drugs
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Latin America Pioneers an Anti-Poverty Program That Works
9/21/09 Marquez, IPS, LATIN AMERICA: Food Crisis Must Be Regional Priority
9/21/09 Green, FPIF, Oil Nationalism in Latin America
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 BBC, Brazil eyes Amazon sugar cane ban
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Al Jazeera, Venezuela-China sign $16bn oil deal
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 BBC, Eyewitness: Guatemala food crisis
9/14/09 BBC, Chavez announces $2bn arms deal
9/14/09 BBC, US worried about Venezuelan arms
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Dangl, TruthOut, Throwing Bullets at Failed Policies: US Plans for New Bases in Colombia
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 CNN, Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says
September 11, 2009
9/10/09 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: Artistic Energy as Antidote to Exclusion
9/11/09 Gonzalez, IPS, CENTRAL AMERICA: Crisis Chews Women Up, Spits Them Out
September 9, 2009
9/09/09 Chomsky, ITT, Militarizing Latin America
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Stone, guardian, Oliver Stone: 'The truth about Hugo Chavez'
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Carroll et all, Guardian, Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs
8/31/09 BBC, Brazil unveils oil rules changes
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Press TV, Venezuela warns against 'destabilization' efforts
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Al Jazeera, US stops issuing visas in Honduras
8/26/09 Grant, BBC, Smugglers thrive as row hits trade
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 Phillips, Guardian, Blocked Rivers Threaten Livelihood of Brazilian Tribes
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 BBC, The vegetable gardeners of Havana
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Valladares, IPS, RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: One Arrest in Gender-Killing Epidemic
August 15, 2009
8/15/09 BBC, Prosperity promise of Bolivia's salt flats
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Capdevila, IPS, Indigenous People Troubled by US Military Presence
8/14/09 ABN, Eva Golinger: U.S. Privatizes Colombian War with its Transnational Mercenaries
8/14/09 WW$ Report, "Swine flu" hits indigenous peoples in Peruvian Amazon
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 Reyes, Miami Herald, U.S. says it might operate from -- but not run -- Colombian military bases
8/13/09 BBC, 'Dirty war' general found guilty
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Restrepo, IPS, COLOMBIA: Half Century of US Military Presence
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Valdivieso, AP, S. America concerned about US military in Colombia
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 BBC, Uribe and Lula discuss US bases
8/07/09 Downie, CSM, Brazil oil giant, Petrobras, in corruption spotlight
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection
8/06/09 LaFranchi, CSM, Chavez rages at US plan to boost antidrug ops in Colombia
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: Killings of Indians Continued During UN Rapporteur's Visit
7/29/09 Brodzinsky, CSM, Possible US-Colombia military deal raises regional tensions
7/29/09 BBC, Russia to drill for oil off Cuba
7/29/09 Meconoi & Huff-Hannon, Nation, Immigrants Sound Off on Honduras
7/29/09 Weinberg, ITT, The Honduran Connection
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Kraul, LAT, Colombia-Venezuela relations erode further with rocket revelation
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 WorldFocus, High-powered Americans entangled in Honduras crisis
7/24/09 Rosenthal, NYT, An Amazon Culture Withers as Food Dries Up
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 NorteSur, AlterNet, More Mexicans Are Sending Money to Help Out Relatives in the U.S.
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Wyss, McClatchy, Who had hope under Zelaya? Neglected black Hondurans
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Lindsay-Poland, FPIF, Revamping Plan Colombia
7/21/09 BBC, Venezuela 'fuelling drugs trade'
July 19, 2009
7/19/09 Williams, Public record, US Role in Massive Aerial Herbicide Spraying Revealed
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Busch, FPIF, El Salvador's Gold Fight
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Bridges, McClatchy, China replacing U.S. as top trade partner in Latin America
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Fox, ITT, Budgets by the People
7/06/09 Wikileaks, US Special Forces briefing to Congressman Miller exposes involvement in 19 Latin American countries during 2009 including Honduras, 17 May 2009
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Duffy, BBC, Brazil's huge wetland under threat
7/03/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Fernandez, AlterNet, Why is the Government Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid at the U.S.-Mexico Border?
7/01/09 Kromm, Facing South, Honduran Coup Shines Spotlight on Controversial U.S. Military Training School
7/01/09 Grim, Huffington Post, NAFTA And The Drug Cartels: "A Deal Made In Narco Heaven" -- Exclusive Excerpt
7/01/09 Diaz, IPS, PARAGUAY: President and Congress Face Off Over Agrochemicals
7/01/09 Montero, CSM, Obama could send 1,500 National Guard troops to Mexican border
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Nichols, Nation, Honduras Coup Poses Challenges, Questions for Obama, Congress
6/29/09 IntelDaily, CIA Topples Honduran Presidnet to Protect Drugs Trade?
6/29/09 BBC, Chavez allies back ousted Zelaya
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 BBC, Argentine army in torture ruling
6/28/09 BBC, Troops arrest Honduran president
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 WorldFocus, Cuba provides free health care without the worry
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Fisher, PSL, An important victory for the Indigenous of Peru
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Amazon bill controversy in Brazil
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 Silva, IPS, NICARAGUA: Women Bear the Brunt of the Crisis
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Carlsen, FPIF, Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 BBC, Peru moves to ease Amazon crisis
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Rizvi, IPS, Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 McDonald, Irish Times, World Bank Loan Withdrawn From Brazilian Cattle Corporation
6/15/09 Brice, CNN, Anger boils in Mexico over 46 deaths at day care center
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Vidal, Guardian, Indigenous Peoples: 'We Are Fighting for Our Lives and Our Dignity'
6/13/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Mixed Reception for Indigenous Protection Code
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Palast, TruthOut, Oil and Indians Don't Mix
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Native Protesters Search for Their Dead
6/11/09 Llana, CSM, To quell protests, Peru suspends Amazon investment laws
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 BBC, Peru protest leader takes refuge
6/09/09 WorldFocus, Police clash with indigenous protesters in Peru
6/09/09 Rogers, CSM, US may punish Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega with $64 million aid cut
6/09/09 BBC, Brazil's economy enters recession
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Auken, WSWS, Peruvian massacre aimed at opening Amazon to transnationals
6/08/09 Ross, IntelDaily, Two "School of Americas" Generals Charged In Crimes In Colombia
6/08/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Prisons "Inhuman, Degrading and Cruel" - Supreme Court Report
6/08/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: 'Police Are Throwing Bodies in the River,' Say Native Protesters
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Cancio, Cuba Herald, Cuba could supply oil to U.S. in post-embargo era
6/07/09 CNN, Frantic parents rammed cars into burning day care
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 BBC, Deadly clashes in Peru's Amazon
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Wilkinson, LAT, Remittances to Mexico down sharply
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Adam, Guardian, Amazon Rainforests Pay the Price as Demand for Beef Soars
6/01/09 Llana, CSM, Mexico considers 'ban' on street children
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: 100,000 Hectares of Atlantic Forest Lost in Three Years
5/29/09 Fellowship For Reconciliation, Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Voss, BBC, Cuba announces new austerity plan
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 BBC, Brazil floods displace thousands
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Painter, BBC, Chile faces climate change challenge
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 BBC, Morales in 'new liberation' plea
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Carroll, Guardian, Peru Army Moves Into Amazon After Tribes Blockade Rivers and Roads
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Enders, Miami Herald, South Americans hit by dengue fever epidemic
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Romero & Krauss, NYT, In Ecuador, Resentment of an Oil Company Oozes
5/15/09 Marquez, IPS, Shootings of Unionists Continue Unabated
5/15/09 Smink, BBC, A tunnel to unite old rivals?
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Engler, FPIF, Science Fiction From Below
5/13/09 Fieser, Miami Herald, Posthumous murder accusation shocks Guatemala
5/13/09 Bigwood, ITT, Reinventing Demons
5/13/09 Bigwood, ITT, Reinventing Demons
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 World Focus, Bolivian land reform comes under fire from landowners
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Schmid, AP, Mexican genomes show wide diversity
5/11/09 Sibaja, AP, Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homeless
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 Enders, McClatchy, Glacier in Bolivia _ gone
5/08/09 BBC, Chavez extends state oil industry
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Litvinsky, IPS, HAITI: Battered and Unready for Looming Storm Season
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Partlow & Booth, WP, In Mexico, an Unusual Flu Season Was a Sign of Something Ominous
5/03/09 Llana, CSM, Why Panama tilts right in presidential vote
5/03/09 BBC, Change expected as Panama votes
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Al Jazeera, Morales nationalises fuel supplier
May 1, 2009
5/02/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Did the US Reroute an AirFrance Plane to Keep a Leftist Journalist Onboard Out of US Airspace?
April 24, 2009
4/25/09 Sheridan et al, WP, Plan Would Deploy Guard Near Mexico
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Alves, Bloomberg, Mexico Corporate Debt Default to Surge, JPMorgan Says
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Rosales, IPS, PERU: Water Isn't for Everyone
4/18/09 LaFranchi, CSM, US no longer towers over Latin America
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 CNN, Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
4/17/09 Chipani, BBC, Hidden kingdom of the Afro-Bolivians
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Al Jazeera, Lula attacks rich nations on crisis
4/16/09 Romero & Barrionuevo, NYT, Deals Help China Expand Sway in Latin America
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Kormann, A;terNet, Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Viera, IPS, RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Fact-Finding Mission "Shocked"
4/10/09 BBC, Water cut off in Mexican capital
4/10/09 McDermott, BBC, Colombian Indians seek security
4/10/09 Long, BBC, Chile police 'victimise Mapuche'
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Brown, Reuters, Ex-CIA operative tied to Cuba bombings: jury
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Will dams on Amazon tributary wreak global havoc?
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Sirota, ITT, This Is the Truth on Drugs...Any Questions?
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Perez-Rocha, FPIF, Empire and Latin America in the Obama Era
4/01/09 Bridges, CSM, Why Brazil is weathering the global financial crisis this time
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Grogg, IPS, RIGHTS: Cuba Launches Anti-Homophobia Campaign
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Ford, CNN, Can the West cultivate ideas from Cuba's 'Special Period'?
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 BBC, 'Nothing to discuss' on Falklands
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Wheatley, FT, Brazil's leader blames white people for crisis
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Hopkins, ADN, Villages will get free Citgo heating fuel again
3/25/09 Sheer, ITT, Uncovering Haiti's Hidden History
3/25/09 Sheer, ITT, Uncovering Haiti's Hidden History
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 BBC, Argentine farmers in food strike
3/20/09 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Landmark Ruling Confirms Indian Reservation
3/20/09 BBC, Ecuador plane crash kills seven
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Arce, IntelDaily, Latin America hit hard by world crisis
3/18/09 DiNovella, Progressive, A New Day for El Salvador
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Gibbs, BBC, El Salvador rebels in from the cold
3/17/09 BBC, US law sparks Mexican trade row
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Clark, McClatchy, Latin Americans in U.S. sending less money home, bank says
3/16/09 Romero, IHT, Chavez tells his navy to take over key seaports
3/16/09 Ria-Novosti, Ex-Marxist guerrilla party candidate wins El Salvador polls
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Carroll, Guardian, Now Coca-Cola feels force of Chavez' colourful revolution
3/15/09 BBC, Bolivia leader redistributes land
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Talvi, ITT, De-escalating the Drug War
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Valente, IPS, ARGENTINA: Bold New Law on Violence Against Women
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 BBC, US Congress eases curbs on Cuba
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Carlsen, FIPF, Drug War Doublespeak
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Al Jazeera, Mexico condemns US 'corruption'
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Becker & McDonnell, LAT, Mexico's drug war creates new class of refugees
3/04/09 BBC, Mexico troops enter drug war city
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 BBC, Chavez sends army to rice plants
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Denvir, ITT, Resource Wars in Ecuador
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 BBC, Argentina-US row over CIA comment
2/27/09 BBC, Mexico rejects US drugs warning
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Watkins, Oil&Gas Journal, Bolivian president accuses CIA of corrupting state oil firm
2/25/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: Rebels Kill Awá Indians as Army Informants
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Naiman, Truthout, Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?
2/23/09 Vieira, IPS, COLOMBIA: A Hundred-Year War on Drugs
2/23/09 Piette, BBC, Drought sucks life from Argentina's farm
2/23/09 Katz & Coto, AP, Unrest in Caribbean has roots in slavery past
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 AP, Correa: US diplomat directed CIA in Ecuador
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Llana, CSM, Hugo Chavez for life?
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Valente, IPS, SOUTH AMERICA: Tenacious Drought Puzzles Climate Experts
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Lydersen, ITT, In Mexico, Resistance is Utile
2/12/09 Ltivinsky, IPS, POLITICS: Latin American Leaders Say 'No' to U.S. Drug War
2/12/09 BBC, 'More tribe killings' in Colombia
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 WorldFocus, Immigrants stream across Mexico's southern border
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 BBC, Countries face new UK visa rules
2/09/09 IntelDaily, Venezuela braces for $20 oil
2/09/09 Kearney, IntelDaily, Pentagon warns of US military intervention in Mexico's "war on drugs"
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Bajak, AP, US rancher at center stage in Bolivia land dispute
2/08/09 BBC, US diplomat expelled from Ecuador
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 BBC, Latin America poverty 'may soar'
2/07/09 BBC, New Bolivia constitution in force
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Biofuels Head to the Forests
2/06/09 Partlow, Wp, A Protected Forest's Fast Decline
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 BBC, Ten killed in Brazilian slum raid
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Fox, ITT, This Land Is Their Land
2/04/09 Duffy, BBC, Brazil's battle for shanty town residents
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 BBC, Riot police occupy Sao Paulo slum
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Grant, BBC, A tale of two Venezuelas
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 BBC, Synagogue desecrated in Venezuela
2/01/09 BBC, Synagogue desecrated in Venezuela
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 McCarthy, Independent, Rainforest Razed so Cattle Can Graze
1/31/09 Gonzalez, CNN, Water cutbacks on tap for Mexico City
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Lithium could be Bolivia's future, if politics don't get in way
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 BBC, Bomb blast hits Colombian capital
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Llana, CSM, Bolivia sets new global high mark for indigenous rights
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Finoli, IntelDaily, Brazil: Occupying Slum
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Keane, AP, Bolivia constitution would empower Indian majority
1/25/09 BBC, Bolivians vote on Indian rights
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Scanlon, BBC, Bolivia nationalises energy firm
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Changing times for Brazil's landless
1/23/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Bolivia's native peoples poised to win new rights
1/23/09 Reuters, Venezuela's Chavez warms to Obama after insults
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 BBC, Ex-rebels lead El Salvador poll
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 BBC, Bush signs Peru free trade pact
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Moon, ITT, Lines Drawn in the Sandinistas
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Al Jazeera, Bolivia cuts Israel ties over Gaza
1/14/09 IntelDaily, Pentagon report warns of Mexico "collapse"
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 Kraul, LAT, Colombia Indians face down violence
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Bice, CNN, Government fights slave labor in Brazil
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Cevallos, IPS, MEXICO: Films on Indigenous People - But Who Will See Them?
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Venezuela reinstates free home heating oil for poor in U.S
1/07/09 Grogg, IPS, CUBA: Racism - "Taboo, Complicated and Thorny" Issue
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Phillips, Guardian, Rio Slum Barrier Plans Spark Outcry
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Friend of America's poor? Chavez shuts off free oil
1/05/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 Phillips, Guardian, Brazilian taskforce frees more than 4,500 slaves after record number of raids on remote farms
1/03/09 Schweimler, BBC, Che's spirit burns on in Latin America