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REDD in the Lacandon Jungle: The Political Use of a Program Against Climate Change
...it purports to combat global warming without reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and without putting the capitalist system and its excesses—the real causes of environmental disaster—on the table. -
Outrage at HidroAysén Dams Raises Environmental and Political Consciousness in Chile
Since mid-April, the planned construction of 5 hydroelectric dams in the ecologically rich region of Aysén in Southern Chile has produced persistent floods of protesters in the streets and plazas of cities spanning the length of the country. -
Despite Historic Victory, Gay Rights Struggle Far from Over in Brazil
Although gay rights organisations in Brazil are celebrating a historic triumph, legal recognition of civil unions by the Supreme Court, they say the struggle is far from over. -
Rebellion in the Brazilian Amazon
More than 80,000 workers all over the country paralyzed the work of “progress” in the form of hydroelectric plants, refineries, and thermoelectric generating facilities. -
Wikileaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, 2/27 to 3/6, 2011
US weapons and training essential to the war in Colombia (and more!) -
Amazon Drought Accelerating Climate Change
Researchers calculate that millions of trees died in 2010, which means the Amazon is soaking up much less CO2 from the atmosphere, and those dead trees will now release all the carbon they've accumulated over 300 or more years. -
The Decade that Transformed a Continent
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. -
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: From Imprisoned Guerrilla Fighter to “The Most Powerful Woman in the World”
In the 1960s, Rousseff was a guerrilla resisting Brazil’s military dictatorship. She was imprisoned and tortured for three years. -
Mexico: Calderón tries to “isolate” Venezuela
According to Calderón, Brazil "is key to restraining Chávez, but he lamented that President [Luiz Inácio] Lula [da Silva] has been reluctant to do so. The US needs to engage Brazil more and influence its outlook." -
Coup University: SOUTHCOM and FIU Team Up on Counterinsurgency
As it has done with great success throughout the past century, the U.S. military continues to find ways to use the academy and anthropological concepts to whitewash its imperialist actions in the service of U.S. corporate profits.
