Tag: NORTH AMERICA

Mexico’s Oil Privatization: Risky Business

May 28, 2014

Opponents are prepared to fight the energy sector reforms while the government talks about “the public good.” But, as transnationals are poised to enter the Mexican market, it is apparent that it is not about the oil flow but rather about the capital flow.

Fight Against Monsanto Enters the Courtroom

April 28, 2014

The invasion of GM corn into Mexico threatens peasant farmers and the future of the native seed as powerful transnational companies lobby aggressively to get their way.

Venezuela: Petro-‘Socialism’ in its Labyrinth

April 20, 2014

Economic crisis, product shortages, and polarization paint a scenario in which the continuity of the Bolivarian movement is at stake. So is the sovereignty of a country that dared to challenge dependence on the global superpower.

Migrant Shelter Sees Growing Number of Minors Heading North

April 9, 2014

Increasingly, children are found among the thousands of Central American migrants traversing Mexico in hopes of making it into the United States. Although shelters take them in, current immigration policy and practices are not equipped to protect their rights.