Bolivia’s Dilemma: Development Confronts the Legacy of Extraction
As with so much else in South America’s landlocked and impoverished heartland, Bolivia’s natural environment excels in superlatives: It is
Political Environments: Development, Dissent, and the New Extraction
Conflicts over natural resources are on the rise in Latin America. In 2008, the honeymoon between Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa
U.S. Troops in Colombia: A Threat to Peace
In August, a deal was announced in which the U.S. military will be granted the use of five military bases
Fish, Wildlife, and Bombs: The Struggle to Clean Up Vieques
In May 2003, after hundreds of arrests, marches, and constant pickets, mass protest forced the U.S. Navy off Vieques, Puerto
Playing the ‘Anti-Semitism’ Card Against Venezuela
In the early morning hours of January 31, vandals broke into Tiferet Israel, a Sephardic synagogue in Caracas. They strewed
Correa vs. Social Movements: Showdown in Ecuador
On September 28, 2008, 64% of voters in Ecuador approved a progressive new constitution, launching a new political era in
No Mercy: Haitian Criminal Deportees
On the afternoon of April 15, an immigration and Customs Enforcement flight landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, carrying 45 criminal deporteesnon-citizen
