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- Monday, Jun 17, 2013
ZNet Article Mass demonstrations against the increase of bus fares in all major cities -
- Sunday, Jun 16, 2013
Commentary What do a park in Istanbul, a baby in Sarajevo, a security chief in Sofia, a TV station in Athens and bus tickets in Sao Paulo have in common? ZNet Article Bolivia’s President Evo Morales and Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro relaunched the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our Americas -
- Friday, Jun 14, 2013
ZNet Article Every time a debt crisis strikes, the IMF moves in to impose the same short-sighted bailouts, austerity measures and market reforms ZNet Article The British NGO, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, has had the funds it used to purchase a book on economic sanctions against Cuba seized by the Treasury Department. -
- Wednesday, Jun 05, 2013
ZNet Article A talk to hundreds of Haitian farmers at the 40th anniversary assembly of the Peasant Movement of Papay -
- Saturday, Jun 01, 2013
ZMag Article Comparing the U.S. response to two different events -
- Friday, May 31, 2013
ZNet Article A "lost" report into genocide, torture, rape and enslavement of indigenous tribes during Brazil's military dictatorship has been rediscovered -
- Thursday, May 30, 2013
ZNet Article Today, more of Bolivia’s wealth stays in Bolivia -
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Commentary Coalitions of Mexican organizations have spent the past winter and spring building power in efforts to influence the impending U.S. immigration overhaul from the other side of the border -
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
ZNet Article The purpose of the Brazilian gathering, the First Continental Assembly of Social Movements Towards ALBA, was to go beyond a simple talk shop -
- Saturday, May 25, 2013
ZNet Article The quasi-socialist government of Evo Morales in Bolivia is facing a popular challenge from below -
- Monday, May 20, 2013
ZNet Article This commitment to Palestinian freedom is in stark contrast to Genro signing a contract with a company that helps Israel lock us into ghettoes -
- Saturday, May 18, 2013
ZNet Article Viewed in light of what it means for the civil society or for Nature, it is clear that Brazil should instead be considered the champion of extractivism -
- Thursday, May 16, 2013
Video Interview on the American war against drugs and the relationship of the Mexican government to Mexican narco gangs -
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
ZNet Article The rejection of dogmatism, celebration of diversity and eclecticism are ingredients that lend themselves to rich debate on the left -
- Friday, May 10, 2013
ZNet Article The case against Assata Shakur is nothing more than a cynical pawn to move a more diabolical agenda -
- Wednesday, May 08, 2013
ZNet Article My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave -
- Sunday, May 05, 2013
ZNet Article Recent events indicate that the Obama administration has stepped up its strategy of “regime change” against the left-of-center governments in Latin America -
- Saturday, May 04, 2013
Commentary Competitiveness is a preferred term that governments use today to talk about privatization and regulatory reforms designed to benefit the corporate sector -
- Wednesday, May 01, 2013
ZNet Article Mexican teachers, particularly in the south of the country, have joined a regional rebellion of rank-and-file teachers -
- Monday, Apr 22, 2013
Commentary Quieter is better. That seems to be the motto driving the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership -
- Saturday, Apr 13, 2013
ZNet Article We have to call things by their name. Socialism is our Latin American form of being independent -
- Monday, Apr 08, 2013
ZNet Article Buckling under the structural power of its private creditors, the European periphery seems destined for a lost decade of austerity. What can be done? -
- Sunday, Apr 07, 2013
ZNet Article With about the same workforce, the plant is producing 50 percent more tires than before it was closed -
- Thursday, Apr 04, 2013
ZNet Article 'If the owners don’t want it, let’s run it ourselves' -
- Monday, Apr 01, 2013
ZMag Article Organizing for participatory democracy in Venezuela -
- Thursday, Mar 28, 2013
ZNet Article Corporations such as Vale influence the current transition of public policies based on rights to market policies on the wave of the green economy -
- Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013
ZNet Article Review of Cuba since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment, by Samuel Farber -
- Sunday, Mar 24, 2013
ZNet Article Brics members have to ensure that development in their respective regions happens in as inclusive a manner as possible - All Newest Latin America

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- Sunday, May 05, 2013
ZNet Article Recent events indicate that the Obama administration has stepped up its strategy of “regime change” against the left-of-center governments in Latin America -
- Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013
ZNet Article Analyzing Chávez’s legacy and the difficulties on the horizon ZNet Article The U.S. very much views Liberation Theology, and those that adhere to it, as enemies -
- Friday, Dec 21, 2012
ZNet Article President Obama's crass comments about newly-elected Chavez only serve to further alienate himself from Latin America -
- Saturday, Nov 03, 2012
ZNet Article It is all intertwined here, the poetry and the struggle, the pathos, the music and the revolution -
- Saturday, Sep 22, 2012
ZNet Article Interview with Marta Harnecker who travels throughout Latin America and says she is optimistic; the United States no longer does what it wants in the region and the concept of sovereignty has spread -
- Friday, Sep 14, 2012
ZNet Article The United States is alone on the planet, not just in its ability, but in its willingness to use military force -
- Sunday, Aug 12, 2012
ZNet Article In Paraguay the most backward political and economic forces have gained ground -
- Friday, Jul 27, 2012
ZNet Article "The grandeur of humanity lies in small things, quotidian things, done every day, what's done by the nameless without knowing that they are doing it" -
- Monday, Jul 02, 2012
ZNet Article The US has lost most of its influence in the vast majority of the Americas over the past decade - All Featured ZNet

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- Thursday, Oct 01, 2009
ZMag Article Noam Chomsky's talk in Caracas, Venezuela, August 29 ZMag Article An interview with Comandante Ramiro, ERPI guerrilla -
- Saturday, Mar 01, 2008
ZMag Article At the stroke of midnight this past January 1, 100 or so farmers and day laborers from both sides of the border converged on the Cordoba Las Americas bridge that connects El Paso and Ciudad Juarez to mark the demise of Mexican agriculture. -
- Thursday, Nov 01, 2007
ZMag Article It has been widely recognized that Cuba has a remarkably effective health-care system for a relatively poor third world country. As a result, Cuba has health indicators comparable to its far wealthier neighbor. -
- Friday, Jun 01, 2001
ZMag Article News of the hazards of genetically engineered foods has finally broken into the U.S. mainstream media, as the evidence for the unique dangers of genetically engineered foods continues to grow. Understanding the implications of commodification of f... -
- Monday, Mar 01, 1999
ZMag Article An investigative history of the Monsanto company, the most aggressive promoters today of GMO agriculture. This is a version of the article that won a 1999 Project Censored award. - All Featured ZMag

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- Friday, Mar 22, 2013
Blog Post Sad loss of Hugo. New Pope & liberation theology. St Patricks day parades censorship in Dublin Ireland & some art! -
- Monday, Jun 04, 2012
Blog Post I focus here on the changes in Venezuela since my last extended trip there in 2009 which I wrote about for Znet. Base don this trip, I conclude that most people's lives are improving there, that Venezuela deserves our critical support but that the... -
- Tuesday, Nov 01, 2011
Blog Post The recent mainstream debate over the free-trade agreements conveys a simple message: some people matter, most people don't. -
- Sunday, Oct 30, 2011
Blog Post Venezuela and other US foes rank among the more democratic regimes in Latin America, according to their people -
- Saturday, Oct 01, 2011
Blog Post Current conflicts have exposed the tensions in Evo Morales's reform project, raising vexing questions about the possibilities for genuine social transformation in extraction-based economies. Some sort of resolution that goes beyond patchwork and r... - All Latin America Blogs

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- Thursday, Jun 28, 2012
Video Interview on the Arab drive for freedom, the West's structural crisis and new hope coming from Latin America -
- Sunday, May 06, 2012
Video Interview on the developments in Latin America over the past decade -
- Monday, Nov 22, 2010
Video Ben Dangl discusses his new book... -
- Sunday, Aug 29, 2010
Video Greg Wilpert on relations between the two countries.... -
- Friday, Feb 05, 2010
Video On January 12, Haiti was hit with an earthquake 7.0 on the Richter scale, leaving possibly 200,000 dead and 3 million affected. Much of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital, is now living in makeshift camps with their water, food, and health at risk. W... -
- Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010
Video Writer Justin Podur visited Haiti in 2005, studying the government after the coup that overthrew the elected government of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 2004. In this video recorded January 18, 2010, he discusses the Haiti earthquake and some of the p... -
- Friday, Jan 15, 2010
Video Journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke in New York last night and addressed the crisis in Haiti. - All Latin America Video

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