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Latin America Looks Towards European Union

teo — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:20:22 -0400

Latin America, once thought of as America's "backyard," has been moving further out of the orbit of the United States in the last ten years or so.

Extradition from Colombia: Crime without Punishment?

teo — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:02:50 -0400

A few weeks ago Colombian president Álvaro Uribe began extraditing 15 of Colombia’s most murderous paramilitary leaders to the United States, where they are to be prosecuted for drug-trafficking.

The Street and the Ballot Box: Voices From Bolivia’s Recall Vote

cthornton — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:09:37 -0400

Source: UpsideDownWorld.org

The Politics of Redistribution in Argentina in 130 Days

cthornton — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:17:17 -0400

The conflict over taxes on agricultural exports in Argentina has its historical roots in the fact that most governments in the 200-year history of the country have taxed agricultural exports to genera

Danny Glover, Haiti, and the Politics of Revolutionary Cinema in Venezuela

cthornton — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:58:28 -0400

Since the inception of the oil industry in the early twentieth century, Venezuela has had strong cultural ties to the United States.

Getting Personal: Cuéllar and the ILEA Controversy

teo — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:13:52 -0400

To the editors:

Garifuna Resistance Against Mega-Tourism in Tela Bay

teo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:26:14 -0400

“’We have hundreds of kilometers of beaches that aren't developed, and it's

Film Review: An Occasion for Reflection, Squandered

teo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:34:38 -0400

With Senator Barack Obama having become the United States’ first black presidential candidate from one of the two dominant parties, it is useful to look back at the 1960s, a decade when the nation

Activists from the Americas Unite Against Racism

teo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:44:37 -0400

Human rights activists from Latin America met in the Brazilian capital of Brasília in June to talk about and evaluate the efforts regional governments have made toward eradicating racism and discrimi

McCain’s Immigration Waffle

teo — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:14:45 -0400

Talk about pandering to your wanna-be, gotta-have conservative base.