Client-ship and Citizenship in Latin America

By Lucy Taylor
Read full article at Bulletin of Latin American Research
(…) Despite such critiques, many people in many ways are becoming more like citizens. They are more certain of their value as individuals in relation to others who are richer and more powerful, and they are better aware of their rights (because the struggle for [...]

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Militarizing Latin America

By Noam Chomsky
The United States was founded as an “infant empire,” in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the national territory was a grand imperial venture. From the earliest days, control over the hemisphere was a critical goal.
Latin America has retained its primacy in U.S. global planning. If the United States cannot control [...]

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PUBLIC NOTE ON ELTON BRUM’S MURDER FOR THE MILITARY POLICE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL – BRAZIL – August 21, 2009

MST releases photo and public note to society:

The Rural Landless Workers Movement (MST – Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) comes to public to manifest his grief again for the loss of companheiro Elton Brum loss, to manifest  solidarity to the family and for:
1. To denounce one more harsh and violent action [...]

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Le Brésil, ce géant entravé

Un modèle menacé para la dépendance finacière
English version here
Par Renaud Lambert
En Equateur, grâce à une politique qu’il qualifie de « sociale et solidaire », et qui renforce le rôle de l’Etat, M. Rafael Correa a été réélu dès le premier tour de l’élection présidentielle du 26 avril. Au Panamá, le 3 mai, après le mandat décevant en matière de réduction [...]

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Argentine Factory Wins Legal Battle: FASINPAT Zanon Belongs to the People

Written by Marie Trigona
Friday, 14 August 2009
The workers at Argentina’s occupied ceramics factory, FASINPAT (Factory Without a Boss), won a major victory this week: the factory now definitively belongs to the people in legal terms. The provincial legislature voted in favor of expropriating the ceramics factory and handing it over to the workers cooperative to manage [...]

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Honduras: a military coup in the era of governamentality

In Honduras, One-Sided News of Crisis
Critics Cite Slanted Local Coverage, Limits on Pro-Zelaya Outlets
By Juan Forero
“Several countries condemned the events of June 28 as a military coup. But in Honduras, some of the most popular and influential television stations and radio networks blacked out coverage or adhered to the de facto government’s line that Manuel [...]

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A New Vision for the Summit of the Americas

By Jeffrey W. Rubin and Emma Sokoloff-Rubin
“Today, once again, the idea of equitable development doesn’t seem radical, but rather makes common sense. And the potential for a hemispheric alliance is stronger than ever. Democracies in Latin America have already produced innovative strategies for tackling tough problems, from racial exclusion to urban poverty to migration, and [...]

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POVERTY OF DEMOCRACY: NEOLIBERAL REFORMS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF THE POOR IN MEXICO

The aggregate data begins to give us a sense of the debilitating effect neoliberal economic
policies are having on the lives of the poor. My interviews confirmed that the reforms have had
an unambiguously negative effect on the lives and on the political activity of individuals from
both urban and rural areas. The vast majority of people with whom I spoke were critical of these
policies that, from their perspective, were making them worse off than before.

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Global Crisis and Latin America

William Robinson
University of California at Santa Barbara
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 135-153, 2004
See article at:
http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/robinson/Assets/pdf/new%20pdfs/global_crisis.pdf
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