Washingtons Divide and Conquer Free Trade Agenda
From the defeat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas in 2005, to Washingtons sub-regional free-trade showdowns, to now, the biggest threat, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Indigenous Women’s Struggles for Justice in Latin America (sidebar)
Today's indigenous women's organizations are proposing alternatives to the hegemonic language of “gender equality” of the global feminist movement.
Indigenous Womens Struggles for Justice in Latin America (sidebar)
Today's indigenous women's organizations are proposing alternatives to the hegemonic language of gender equality of the global feminist movement.
Conceiving While Poor, Imprisoned for Murder
Although a rallying cry for the global abortion rights movement, these 17 Salvadoran women did not purposefully end their own pregnancies. Instead, they suffered a combination of obstetrical complications and poverty.
Sex Workers Outsmart Quito Police
Without clear legislation governing street prostitution in Ecuador, sex workers band together to battle frequent and arbitrary police crackdownsand win.
Definitions of Horizontalism and Autonomy
Horizontalidad, often translated as horizontality or horizontalism, was first used by the movements that emerged in Argentina in the wake
Cuba’s Customs Crackdown
New import restrictions strain the transnational people-to-people flow of goods on which government economic reforms unofficially depend.
Venezuela Before and After the Protests (An Interview with María Pilar García-Guadilla)
María Pilar García-Guadilla discusses the violent protests that shook Venezuela this year, and their impact on the legacy and policy goals of Chavismo today.
Don’t Blame Central American Newspapers for Influx of Undocumented Children
A new conservative talking point holds that regional newspapers are inaccurately reporting on U.S. immigration policy, creating a stampede of undocumented minors over the U.S.-Mexico border.
Definitions of Horizontalism and Autonomy
Horizontalidad, often translated as horizontality or horizontalism, was first used by the movements that emerged in Argentina in the wake
Panamas Stolen Archive
Panamanians may be able to see Noriegas secret filesand to reclaim their troubled past.

