Youth

“After 200 years of bees, let’s have 200 years of honey.” So proposed a T-shirt issued by the Haitian government

The National Movement of Street Children (Movimento Nacional de Meninos e Meninas de Rua, or MNMMR), a voluntary NGO, was

"Until last December, we observed evidence of malnutrition in some 30 children per month. Today the monthly average is more

The Sandinistas As a member of NACLA's edi- torial board, I wish to express in the most explicit way my

Clinton's First Year: Trade Above All No sooner had Colombia's president, C6sar Gaviria, been propelled to the secre- tary generalship

The secular Left and progressive Catholics have been bewildered and dismayed at the rapid expansion of what they see as

The Yanomami, intrigued by his green eyes, watched him. They were afraid, A thinking that he was an apparition After

"We know that a rape or beating has certain effects on the victim. But growing up in a complete lie, with the possibility that those who raised you are your parent's assassins or their accomplices, not even Freud had written anything about it." – Abel Madariaga, Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association.

Teenage actors parade barefoot onstage, jumping and pounding drums. Others walk in with notebooks and briefcases overflowing with papers. Each actor spouts fragmented political speeches. The play depicts revolts and counter-revolts throughout Bolivian history, ending with a dramatic exchange between a mother and the ghost of her dead son, tortured during a dictatorship. "Don't cry, Mom!" the ghost says. "I died bravely even though they gouged my eyes out and tore me apart. Don't cry!"

Despite a vigorous nationwide search and a handful of traffic-snarling protests, Edward Francisco Contreras is still missing. The 21-year-old student activist disappeared February 7, and his father and friends say they have made little headway in finding him.

At 13,000 feet, the hip hop movement in El Alto, Bolivia is probably the highest in the world. The music blends ancient Andean folk styles and new hip hop beats with lyrics about revolution and social change.