Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
The Pentagon signed $444 million in non-fuel contracts for purchases and services in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 2012 fiscal year, an overall decrease of nearly 15% from the previous year.
Pentagon Continues Contracting US Companies in Latin America Read More »
This green-washing of capitalism is not going to solve the global climate crisis, protect our communities from harm, or manage our common resources. Most importantly though, Rio+20 has made it clear that a Green Economy is not a transitional demand toward systemic environmental change.
A group of judges from Brazil’s Regional Federal Tribunal (TRF1) upheld an earlier decision that declared the Brazilian Congress’s authorization of the project in 2005 to be illegal.
Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court Read More »
…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.
REDD in the Lacandon Jungle: The Political Use of a Program Against Climate Change Read More »
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.
Outrage at HidroAysén Dams Raises Environmental and Political Consciousness in Chile Read More »
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.
Despite Historic Victory, Gay Rights Struggle Far from Over in Brazil Read More »
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.
Rebellion in the Brazilian Amazon Read More »
US weapons and training essential to the war in Colombia (and more!)
Wikileaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, 2/27 to 3/6, 2011 Read More »
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.
Amazon Drought Accelerating Climate Change Read More »