Snowden, Evo and the Presidential Plane: a Massive Own-Goal
Bolivia Information Forum analyze the diplomatic fallout from this very undiplomatic plane-jacking.
Central America: two, three, many Atlantic-Pacific canals
Not only Nicaragua, but Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia and Costa Rica are all promoting 'wet' or 'dry' canal projects to join the two oceans. Chinese money is backing all of them.
Chevron Oil: Corporate Rights or Human Rights?
The oil giant is using SLAPP litigation to stifle human rights advocates and, in Ecuador, to stall compensation claims for environmental damage caused by its operations in the Amazon.
Uruguay: saying ‘no’ to open pit mining
Hundreds demonstrate in Montevideo against large London-based iron ore project
Central America’s China Syndrome
The Isthmus is almost the last place on Earth where The People's Republic of China and Taiwan still compete for recognition.
Haiti: No sweat
The Caracol Industrial park, intended as the flagship post-earthquake development project, has been little short of a disaster.
COHA CALLS ON WASHINGTON-CARACAS TO NEGOTIATE OUTSTANDING CONFLICTS
This is the right time for Caracas and Washington to start a dialogue to put an end to the crisis in Venezuela.
Venezuela: the US is intent on regime change
USAID, NED and assorted foundations peddle aid and influence to the opposition.
El Salvador: US aid conditions threaten FMLN’s precarious victory
Washington is threatening to withhold aid unless he new government redoubles privatizations.
Brazil comes off badly at the OAS
At a hearing on police violence during the repression of protests, the government is evasive and offers no response to recommendations.