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Zibechi: Geopolitical Tsunami in the Southern Cone
Znet Article, August, 12 2012
Raul Zibechi
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In Paraguay the most backward political and economic forces have gained ground
Zibechi: The Failure of the Summit of the Americas VI
Znet Article, May, 15 2012
Raul Zibechi
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The history of the Summit of the Americas is as brief as it is significant
Zibechi: Victims of Agrochemicals Break their Silence
Znet Article, February, 04 2012
Raul Zibechi
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There are more than 12 million people affected by fumigation in the country
Zibechi: A New Chile is Possible
Znet Article, January, 30 2012
Raul Zibechi
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Chilean students are practicing the kind of education they have spent years dreaming about and struggling to obtain
Zibechi: The Second Cold War and South America
Znet Article, December, 31 2011
Raul Zibechi
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The "war against terror" is now giving way to a strategy of "containment" of China
Zibechi: Guatemala: Resisting the New Colonialism
Znet Article, July, 22 2011
Raul Zibechi
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Guatemala lived through a policy of genocide: 440 villages destroyed, thousands of disappeared, and 200,000 deaths
Zibechi: To Live with Dignity is to Build a New World
Znet Article, July, 06 2011
Raul Zibechi
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The law is no guarantee in a country and in a province in which all legislation is vulnerable to the interests of big business
Zibechi: Bolivia After the Storm
Znet Article, April, 06 2011
Raul Zibechi
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It was caused by an excessive increase in the price of fuels. The event demonstrates the difficulties of entering into a truly alternative mode of development, but it also reveals the limits of the Bolivian government’s stated effort to re-establi...
Zibechi: The Decade that Transformed a Continent
Znet Article, January, 18 2011
Raul Zibechi
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In many ways, the first decade of the 21st Century was the flip side of the last decade of the twentieth century in South America.
Zibechi: Ecuador: The Battle for Natural Resources Deepens
Znet Article, October, 29 2009
Raúl Zibechi
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A new indigenous uprising began in defense of water sources threatened by open air mining in Ecuador in late September. This time indigenous organizations find themselves up against a government that claims to be anti-neoliberal, a player in the "...
Zibechi: Cochabamba
Znet Article, July, 21 2009
Raúl Zibechi
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Through the water war of April, 2000, the poor of the city and countryside of Cochabamba succeeded in expelling the multinational corporation which tried to charge them for this most basic common good. Between 2003 and 2005, the poor of the entire...
Zibechi: Post-FARC Scenarios
Znet Article, July, 22 2008
Raúl Zibechi
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In the first quarter of 2008, a strong political shift has emerged, which allows the local and global rightwing and multinational corporations to regain their positions and boost their offensives. This shift is not limited to Colombia, which repre...
Zibechi: Historical Mapuche Hunger Strike Ends in Success
Znet Article, February, 27 2008
Raúl Zibechi
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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 at a work-study center. Two other prisoners will reap the same benefits.
Zibechi: Brazil as a problem
Znet Article, September, 04 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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In recent days, two prestigious left wing economists coincided in pointing the finger at the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for its responsibility in holding up the launch of Bancosur (Bank of the South). In doing so they uncovered the fa...
Zibechi: The Mapuche in Chile
Znet Article, August, 01 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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The Mapuche in Chile
Zibechi: Chile: Crisis in Neoliberal Paradise
Znet Article, May, 21 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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Chile: Crisis in Neoliberal Paradise
Zibechi: Let's All Stand With Cite Soleil
Znet Article, March, 14 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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In less than two years the troops of MINUSTAH (Mission of the Nations United for the Stabilization of Haiti) perpetrated three massacres in Cite Soleil, an outlying slum of Port au Prince. According to numerous testimonies, barely mentioned by the...
Zibechi: Social Movements in 2007: Securing autonomy, retaking the initiative
Znet Article, January, 20 2007
Raúl Zibechi
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South American social movements face an unprecedented panorama: the majority of governments on the continent define themselves as progressive or on the left. This is a reality which these same movements contributed to shaping and which can eithe...
Zibechi: Landless Workers Movement:
Znet Article, October, 04 2006
Raúl Zibechi
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“Breaking down the fences of the large estates was not as difficult as fighting the technological packages of the transnationals,†Huli recounts as he sits in his kitchen and pours hot water into the mate we share while his son rom...
Zibechi: Latin America Now
Znet Article, August, 18 2006
Raúl Zibechi
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In this interview, Raúl Zibechi discusses the challenges of the Evo Morales administration in Bolivia, the power and role of Bolivian social movements, projects for regional integration such as People's Trade Agreement and the Bolivarian Altern...
Zibechi: Paraguay
Znet Article, August, 02 2006
Raúl Zibechi
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The Pentagon seems to have understood the risks posed to the continuity of United States dominance by social movements in Latin America. The option of militarizing societies serves two aims : it guarantees control of natural resources and protect...
Zibechi: The Wished-For Technical Draw in Bolivia
Znet Article, July, 13 2006
Raúl Zibechi
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from La Jornada, published in Rebelion, 11-07-2006 The recent elections for the Constituent Assembly mark the end of the political transition in Bolivia. The developing scenario, despite the solid victory of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) of...
Zibechi: Regional Integration After the Collapse of FTAA
Znet Article, November, 24 2005
Raúl Zibechi
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Although every Latin American government pays lip service to integration, taking the concrete steps needed to attain it is much more difficult than simply issuing declarations. In the wake of the collapse of the Free Trade Agreement of the Amer...
