Category: Latin-American Affairs

Family members of women murdered in Ciudad Juarez protest in front of the Mexican Office on Crimes Against Women. No contemporary human rights crisis […]

Perspectives on the ICSID and Argentina’s Debt “Some multinational companies take over our natural resources, privatize basic services, fail to pay taxes and then, […]

The election climate in Paraguay grows tense with the possible defeat of the Red Party that has been in power for more than half […]

After a 109-day hunger strike, Patricia Troncoso forced Michelle Bachelet”s insensitive government to yield and allow her weekend passes and completion of her sentence […]

As periferias urbanas dos países do terceiro mundo têm se convertido em cenários de guerra, onde os Estado tentam manter uma ordem baseada no […]

Urban peripheries in Third World countries have become war zones where states attempt to maintain order based on the establishment of a sort of […]

In Lima alone, community kitchens provide food for half a million people daily. Over 100,000 women work in the local efforts each day to […]

In January 2008, agricultural trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada will become completely free, with the end of the implementation period of […]

The alliance between Zapatistas, sex workers, and transvestites shows the power of social change in a key cultural way—when it’s anchored to daily life. […]

La Victoria settlement in Santiago, Chile, recently observed its 50 th anniversary. It was one of the first organized occupations of urban land on […]