Church’s Mediation Marks Start of “New Time” for Cuba
Dalia Acosta, from IPS, interviews Cuban dissident MANUEL CUESTA MORÚA
Brazil: violence against rural workers increases
The Catholic Church's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) says rural organisations are under siege.
Out of the Past, a New Honduran Culture of Resistance
The author talks about the emergence of a powerful and dynamic popular movement in Honduras.
BULLETIN 2 DECEMBER 2009
NO AGREEMENT AMONG LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS ON HONDURAN CRISIS ♦ ARGENTINA: ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS TAKE OVER CENTRAL BUENOS AIRES ♦ BOLIVIA: EVO MORALES REMAINS FAVOURITE FOR RELECTION ♦ MEXICO: FAST GROWTH OF TELECOMMUNICATION
The Landless Workers’ Movement
Now and then there emerges somewhere in the world a social movement that is really exceptional for its integrity, astuteness and mass appeal. For me one of those rare movements is Brazil's Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST)/the Landles
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.
Bolivia: after the vote
A further decisive win for Evo Morales should settle debate about Bolivia's new constitution. But the divisions the campaign exposed ensure a bumpy ride ahead, says John Crabtree.