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Latin American Herald Tribune | - Brazil judicial decision paves way for gay marriage
BBC | - Julian Assange Claims US Cyber Spying Threatens Latin America
Silicon Angle | Mike Wheatley - Guatemala's Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
BBC | - Historic Genocide Trial Nears End; Rios Montt Addresses the Court, Declares Innocence
| Jo Marie-Burt - In Venezuela, Still No Justice in Indigenous Leader's Murder
Global Voices | Rachael Petersen - Colombia's Uribe Slams Venezuelan "Dictator" Maduro
Reuters | Eduardo Garcia - More Haitians Using Puerto Rico as Migrant Route
AP | Danica Coto
Caribbean
Going for Broke: The Corporate Players Behind the Demise of the Caribbean Banana Trade (Part 2)
The more a corporation can drive down the cost of their products and/or services, the larger the profit. This is a fundamental rule which is especially apparent in the banana industry.
A Colonial WikiLeaks? The Migrated Archives and the Caribbean Pt.3
As mentioned in prior articles, April 18th marked the public release of the first batch of the secret colonial documents known as the "migrated archives." Robert Hill, P
A Colonial WikiLeaks? The Migrated Archives and the Caribbean Pt.1
On April 18, England’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will begin releasing the first group of sensitive
Canadian Banks and Economic Control in the Caribbean
In December 2011, it was reported that the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Nova Scotia were both
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ALBA Expands its Allies in the Caribbean (Part 1 of 2)
The weekend of February 4th and 5th saw the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) convene their 11th summit in Caracas, Venezuela.
Canada: A Late but Eager Partner in Policing the Caribbean
Since 2006 Canadian Forces have participated in numerous counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean basin called Operation Caribbe, as part of the wider U.S. Joint Interagency Task Force-South.
Discussing Domestic Violence in the Caribbean
When crime and the Caribbean is uttered in the same sentence, a reference to the drug trade is unfortunately not far behind.
John Lindsay-Poland
Friday August 26 2011
For the last two decades, the dominant narrative justifying the U.S. military’s activities in Latin America has been the war on drugs and the fight against “narco-terrorists.” In the last ten years, however, the U.S. military has undertaken several unrelated activities including low-profile tests of military equipment; humanitarian assistance that the military itself acknowledges has intelligence-gathering purposes; and training to suppress social protest. This article was originally published in the May/June 2011 issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas.