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Guardian | - Bolivia law lets Morales run for third term
Al Jazeera | - Official Bullying Lurks Behind Prep for Olympics in Brazil
Inter Press Service | Fabiola Ortiz - Former Argentine dictator Videla Dies in Prison at Age 87
Reuters | Hugh Bronstein - Venezuelan Soldiers to Patrol alongside Police to Fight Crime
Venezuelanalysis.com | Tamara Pearson - Detention of Undocumented Immigrants, a Multimillion Dollar Business
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
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Latest UNDP Report on Colombia: 'It's the Rural Economy, Stupid.'
The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) latest report on Colombia, rel
Bolivia’s TIPNIS Conflict Moves Beyond Regional Borders
While President Evo Morales was busy defending the rights of Mother Earth at the United Na
Menace to Society: Drug Threatdown 2011
The United States Justice Department has a National Drug Intelligence Center that, among other things, recently issued its “Nat
NACLA Update 09/21/2011
Dear NACLA friends,
Join Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolás Maduro at a prayer service this evening, September 21st at 8 pm.
A Culture of Cruelty?: A New Report on U.S. Border Patrol Abuse
A major report released today paints a frightening picture of what happens to the individuals who have the misfortune to fall into the clutches of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Measuring the Poor in Colombia or a Poor Measurement?
The controversy over the new Colombian methodology to calculate the number of poor is
Bolivia’s 9/11: The Pando Massacre and the TIPNIS Conflict
On September 11, Bolivians observed the third anniversary of the Pando massacre, a brutal attack on indigenous peasants and students in the Amazonian lowlands and the most deadly act of political v
Kelly Nicholls and Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli
Friday September 16 2011
In April, President Obama and Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos reinitiated discussions on establishing a free trade agreement. The agreement is now scheduled to be implemented by the end of the year, and the Colombian port city of Buenaventura will likely be one of the most directly affected places, at a high cost to the local community. This article was originally published in the July/August 2011 issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas.
Biofuel (the New Banana) Republic
It is not surprising to hear that representatives of the U.S.