privatization

Manuel Pérez Rocha gives an update on the recent World Bank investor dispute settlement in favor of El Salvador, which dismissed Canadian gold mining company Pacific Rim's $250 million USD case against the El Salvadoran government.

As protests over the privatization of oil and the growing power of foreign capital are met with militarization and repression,

Bolivia has been called "the beggar on a throne of gold." While rich in natural resources, it is the poorest

In 1992, President Carlos Salinas, in the midst of his drive to privatize the Mexican economy, oversaw the division of

In Brazil, a reform of the country’s water management system is underway. This process did not result from either a

In the fall of 2000, a theater in Santiago’s Bellavista district featured the play Con Flores Amarillas, the story of

NASA’s ongoing mission to Mars seeks to find signs of life on the red planet. To determine if extraterrestrial life

Peruvians are just beginning to untangle the web of high-level corruption woven during Alberto Fujimori’s presidency. Fujimori was first elected

The debates over privatization reflect not only growing frictions between Venezuela's five major political parties, but also deep divisions within

The first university in Peru, San Marcos National University, was founded in 1551, just a few years after the arrival

The great anti-colonial indigenous insurrection of 1781 has haunted republican Bolivia since its founding in 1825. From their military encampment

The U.S. government allows the Bolivian government only the minimal amount of wiggle room required to keep the masses at