By Silvia Viñas housands of students and teachers marched on the streets of Santiago and in other cities [1]on Tuesday August 28, 2012, to demand education reform. This massive march is part of the student movement’s ongoing efforts to overhaul the education system in Chile. Earlier this month, students occupying [2] schools denounced [3] [es] […]
Panama: The Indigenous Leader Who Took on the Government
Written by Ariel Moreno and Translated by Betsy Galbreath This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights [1]. Panama went through one of the biggest crises it has seen since democracy was restored in 1989 when the indigenous people of Gnobe-Bugle decided to take over the highway on January 31, 2012, [2] protesting mining and construction of hydroelectric facilities […]
Dominican Republic Helps Neighboring Haiti After Earthquake
It was 5:53 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12 on the island of Hispaniola, when all of a sudden people felt dizzy and the earth shook violently. At the moment, an earthquake struck. In the Dominican Republic, it was nothing more than a great scare. However, in neighboring Haiti, where the epicenter was located, the situation […]
Brazil: Land reform or deforestation boost for the Amazon?
National land will be donated to Brazilians in a program called ‘Terra Legal’ (Legal Land), a package of measures to boost the government-backed redistribution of land and to establish rules for those who have lived and cultivated national land without being its legal owners. The bill passed through Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies last month and […]
Guinea-Bissau President’s Assassination Sparks Alarm at Instability
Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira was assassinated in the first hours of this morning, allegedly in an attack by renegade soldiers as he fled his home. The crime happened a few hours after his long term rival, the country’s army chief General Batista Tagme, was killed by a bomb blast, late on Sunday. Although the […]
Macau: Wild cheers as the Olympic Torch is Paraded
Unlike in other countries on the route, the Olympic Torch met only with smiles today in Macau, its last leg before Mainland China. Runners have already finished carrying the torch through the city with not a single disruption from protesters. On the contrary, it was greatly cheered by flag-waving spectators who could barely contain their […]