Written byLaura Schneider Translated by Louella Mahabir The Province of Misiones, which features one of the natural wonders of the world, the recently selected Iguazú falls [1], is a current area of controversy concerning working conditions of the employees in the cultivation of the popular yerba mate [2] in Argentina. Yerba mate was the centre […]
United States: Occupy Wall Street Returns
Written by Robert Valencia and Translated by Eleanor Staniforth This post is part of our special coverage #Occupy Worldwide [1]. Many people were questioning Occupy Wall Street’s future after the eviction from Zuccotti Park and the harsh weather conditions which prevented the occupiers from camping out last winter. However, according to the occupiers themselves, the movement never disappeared […]
Brazil’s National Program for Human Rights
The recently released third edition of the National Program for Human Rights (PNDH-3) has met with a storm of criticism from many different sectors of society, and even from members of the president’s own cabinet. The project comprises reform in amnesty law, abortion, same-sex civil union, media regulation and land reform, in addition to a […]
Gerónimo, Skull and Bones y la cabeza de Francisco Villa
Los descendientes del líder indígena Gerónimo, han demandado a la Universidad de Yale, al gobierno de los Estados Unidos y a la sociedad secreta Skull and Bones, exigiendo que les regresen la cabeza de su antepasado. Como informa The Huffington Post, Harlyn Gerónimo, bisnieto del guerrero apache, entabló su demanda el martes 17 de febrero, […]
¿Cuándo nos daremos cuenta de que México es sólo nuestro?
Denise Dresser es una de las politólogas más reconocidas de México. Yo particularmente le agradezco sus ganas de poner todo lo que sabe a disposición de la gente que no está formada en los vericuetos de la Ciencia Política o de la Sociología; en su libro México: lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de […]
El Salvador: A Computer in Ecuador Stirs Up Salvadoran Presidential Campaign
Posted by Tim Muth A computer file purportedly discovered on a laptop computer at a guerrilla camp in Ecuador, has bloggers in El Salvador wondering what impact it will have and what impact it should have on the upcoming elections in their country scheduled for March 2009. The laptop computer was taken in the Colombian […]