Colombia: Do human rights matter?
Ines PG-Ward from Bogota looks at how much human rights abuses affected the election.
Mexico’s Arizona Moment
Frontera Norte Sur reports on the drug-traffickers' mass murder of international migrants that took place last week in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico (Gulf coast).
Entire US-Mexico Border to Be Guarded by Predator Drones
Surveillance on the US -Mexico border to be increased by the introduction of new drones. Taylor Barnes discusses security issues.
Venezuela: Crime in the Context of a Democratizing Process
Samuel Grove discusses the western media's demonization of Chavez in the context of violent crime in Venezuela.
Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction, says UN report
A recently released UN report has found that indigenous tribes in Colombia are critically endangered.
Mexico 2010: The Spreading Crisis
Fred Rosen discusses the insecurity in Mexico, fueled by powerful drug cartels.
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict in Chile
Daniela Estrada discusses the political motivations behind the Mapuche hunger strikers.
Mexico: Unending Violence for Indigenous People
Despite a growing outpour of international support and solidarity, there is no end in sight to the paramilitary violence being waged against the Indigenous Triqui people of San Juan Copala in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Neoliberalism and a Militarized State
In an interview with La Jornada Michoacán, Daniela Morales talks to British academic, Peter Watt, who argues that neoliberal policies and the war on Mexican drug cartels are part of the same project; to maintain a weak democracy and a militarized state