Zibechi on New Latin American Governments
Raul Zibechi, a Uruguayan journalist and one of Latin Amerca's leading political analysts, looks at the relationship between the new progressive governments in Latin America and social movements.
Bulletin 3 December 2009
HONDURAS: PARLIAMENT VOTES AGAINST ZELAYA’S REINSTATEMENT ♦ SEVERE FLOODS AFFECT URUGUAY ♦ HUMAN RIGHTS SCANDAL LEADS CHILE TO CANCEL CELEBRATIONS ♦ BRAZIL’S INDUSTRY GROWS ♦ ENVIRONMENTALIST DEMANDS PROT
Bulletin 23 November 2009
IRANIAN PRESIDENT ON A NEW SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNEY; BOLIVIA: MORALES CAMPAIGNS; IN ENEMY TERRITORY ♦ COUNTRIES MARGINALISE BOLIVIA
Bulletin 15 February 2010
Colombia: guerrilla attack candidate ♦ Uruguay: new parliament to start work ♦ Ecuador and China increase military cooperation ♦ Argentinean film wins prestigious award ♦ European Union speeds up controversial agreement with Cen
The Snakes Sleep: Attacks against the Media and Impunity in Honduras
Sandra Cuffe looks at the attempts to stifle freedom of speech and the impunity granted to aggressors in Honduras since the coup in 2009.
Uruguay: Mujica’s first term
The former guerrilla leader, José Mujica, has just completed his first year in office as president of Uruguay. In a special article for LAB, Jack Reynolds looks at whether Mujica has lived up to the high expectations when he was elected.
Uruguay: land occupations
Landless peasants have occupied an estate in the extreme north of Uruguay. The action is mainly intended to put pressure on the Broad Front government, says MercoPress.
Hallazgo En Batallón 14 Abre Nuevas Expectativas
Forensic anthropologists in Uruguay find human remains buried in a field next to the base of Army Batallion 14.
Victims of Agrochemicals Break their Silence
A documentary made by Friends of the Earth in Uruguay reveals the suffering among the rural population in Uruguay, because of the indiscriminate spraying of herbicides. Raúl Zibechi reports.