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Tag Archives: South America
Latin America in continuous struggle
Resistance by Indigenous groups in Colombia; Indigenous Guatemalans resist Canadian mining company; teachers in Mexico protest “educational reform” law Continue reading
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Tagged AngloGold, Brazil, Central America, coca production, Colombia, education, El Estor, Embera, Enrique Peña Nieto, Guatemala, HudBay Minerals, Indigenous people, La Colosa gold mine, labor unions, Latin America, Lote Ocho, Maya, Mexico, Piedras, Q'eqchi' people, Rights Action, South America, students, teachers, workers
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Chile re-inters miners
Despite overwhelming evidence against the mine owners, a judge ruled that no one was responsible for the mine collapse in Chile that trapped 33 miners three years ago. Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Copiapó mining accident, Atacama Desert, Chile, labor, Latin America, miners, Mining, South America, workers
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Brazil’s uprising
What began as local protests against an increase in public transportation costs has grown into massive protests in dozens of Brazilian cities with hundreds of thousands in the streets of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the largest demonstrations since protests against military rule in the 1980s. Continue reading
Venezuela election
The close Venezuelan elections of recent years have likely represented the tensions inherent in Chavismo itself. While Hugo Chavez did do things to benefit many of the poorest Venezuelans, he also maintained a relationship with the business community. Continue reading
Haiti two years after the earthquake
From the new January-February 2012 issue of News & Letters: Haiti two years after the earthquake Two years after the devastating earthquake, Haiti’s disaster continues: More than half a million Haitians live in displacement camps, primarily in tents and plastic … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 Haiti earthquake, Agriculture and Food Subsistence in Haiti, Caribbean, cholera, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Haiti housing rights movement, Haiti reconstruction, Haitian Revolution, imperialism, labor, Non-governmental organization, peasants, Port, Port-au-Prince, Prince, racism, South America, workers
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Bolivia’s two roads
From the November-December 2011 issue of News & Letters: Bolivia’s two roads Indigenous protestors from the Bolivian Amazon won a victory when they forced President Evo Morales’ government to cancel a road-building project through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and … Continue reading
World in View: Peru elects Humala
From the new July-August 2011 issue of News & Letters: World in View Peru elects Humala The presidential election in Peru is more important for who was not elected, Keiko Fujimori, than for who was, Ollanta Humala. Fujimori, daughter of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan García, Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, Ollanta Humala, Pacific Coast, Peru, Quechuas, South America
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Chilean miners’ rescue evokes many views
From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: Chilean miners’ rescue evokes many views It is Oct. 13 and I am visually and sonically inundated with blow-by-blow descriptions of the Chilean miner rescue operation. TV, radio and newspapers have … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Phillips, capitalism, Chile, Chile mine rescue, Chilean miners, class, mine rescue, Miner, prisoners, Rescue, Sebastián Piñera, Socialism, South America, spectacle, Television, United States
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