USA subsidises Brazil’s cotton to protect Monsanto
The cash-strapped US government is paying Brazil's cotton farmers to stop Brazil suspending intellectual property rights on GMOs.
Obama in Colombia
By far the most entertaining account of President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas came from a Colombian writer, Juan Gossaín. He tells us that Obama wore extraordinary bullet-proof clothes and scarcely touched his food.
WikiLeaks involve Paraguay
The US State department asked its embassy in Asuncion to investigate possible Islamic and Iranian terrorist groups.
CHAVEZ: DEBATING THE DEMONISATION
Why did Western media demonise Chávez: a lively debate.
Pentagon Agenda Dominates in Haiti
US analyst Phyliis Bennis argues that Pentagon priorities once again dominate in Haiti.
Haiti’s Sham Election Shames US
Washington cannot confer legitimacy on this flawed election that does nothing for Haitians living under tarps, menaced by cholera.
Latin America: The ‘Good’ and the ‘Bad’ Left
Julia Buxton is not impressed with the latest book on Latin America by Mike Reid, the Latin America editor of the Economist.
Colombia: human rights, a casualty of the war
Latin America Bureau interviews Eduardo Carreño, a prominent Colombian lawyer, on human rights, political violence and Venezuela.
WikiLeaks involve Honduras
US embassy in Tegucigalpa concludes that there was no constitutional basis for ousting President Zelaya in July 2009.
Interview: Dr. William I. Robinson on Power, Domination and Conflicts in...
In an interview with between Dawn Paley and Dr William I. Robinson on power and conflict in Mexico, and beyond, Robinson encourages us to look of the current structural crisis, not with traditional notions of imperialism but in terms of the rise of 21s