Uruguay: Welcome offered to Guantanamo detainees
President Mujica has accepted a US proposal to accept Guantanamo detainees as refugees.
Brazil 1964: Never again!
March 31 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup in Brazil, which ushered in the era of dictatorships in Latin America.
Uruguay: saying ‘no’ to open pit mining
Hundreds demonstrate in Montevideo against large London-based iron ore project
Uruguay – agribusiness is wiping out family farming
Large-scale commercial farming, particularly of soya, is imposing GMOs and destroying rural livelihoods.
Galeano’s Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History
A new book by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano illustrates human potential through poems, tales, histories and observation.
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
We support community action on HIV, health and human rights in order to bring about an end to AIDS. Our vision is of a world in which communities have brought an end to HIV transmission and secured their health and human rights.
URUGUAY: IMPUNITY REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN
The removal of a key judge from criminal cases is a victory for impunity and apologists for the dictatorship
Faces of Latin America, 4th edition
A new edition of Faces of Latin America, a vital source of information on Latin America, has been published.
A conversation with Eduardo Galeano
“Two centuries of workers’ gains thrown into the garbage can” says the famous Uruguayan writer.
FAREWELL TO BRETTON WOODS: HELLO TO THE AGE OF THE BRICS
The Brics countries, including Brazil, are planning to set up their own development bank. Does this spell the end of the era of the IMF and the World Bank?