Suzanna
Reiss
October 14, 2011
In the 1980s Ronald Reagan’s administration illegally defied Congress to secretly pay Iran for weapons to be delivered to the right wing Contra insurgency against the popular government of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua with the help of drug cartels. What came to be called the “Iran-Contra Scandal”,...
Emily
Achtenberg
October 14, 2011
This week the focus of Bolivia’s TIPNIS conflict shifted to La Paz, with passage of a new law by the Bolivian Congress, massive demonstrations in support of President Evo Morales, and preparations for Sunday’s judicial elections, ahead of the much-anticipated arrival of the indigenous march early...
Nazih
Richani
October 13, 2011
FTA will affect vulnerable sectors in Colombia. Credit: Boston Globe.Yesterday the US congress approved the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia. This agreement will need to be ratified by President Obama, and will enter in effect by August 2012. In the meantime, the sobering reality of...
Todd
Miller
October 13, 2011
Approximately 250,000 Oaxacans migrate to northern Mexico or the United States each year, and close to 1.5 million live in the United States—a significant percentage for a state whose population is 3.8 million. Also, despite evidence of decreased cross-border migration, the economic pressure...
Fred
Rosen
October 11, 2011
There is some disagreement in Mexico as to whether the state and civil society are engaged in a tough battle (winning or losing, intelligent or short-sighted) against organized crime, or whether organized crime has so permeated the institutions of the state and civil society that it is no longer a...
Nazih
Richani
October 10, 2011
U.S. Congress (onepennysheet.com)The U.S. congress is expected to approve the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia this Wednesday. The alarms are already sounding among many sectors in Colombia, especially the producers of rice, corn, wheat, and dairy products....