Upside Down World
 
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
News Briefs

1 From Chiapas to Wall Street: “A collective awakening against global injustice” Jessica Davies
2 Reagan’s Hand in Guatemala’s Genocide Robert Parry
3 El Salvador: President Funes Placates Washington with Cabinet Shuffle CISPES
4 The New Face behind Unionized (and Feminist) Bananas in Latin America Lupita Aguila Arteaga, STITCH
5 New Allegations of UN Sexual Abuse in Haiti Al Jazeera
6 Mexico: Zapotec Protesters Shot on Behalf of Canadian Mining Company Intercontinental Cry
7 Mexican States Must End Impunity for Enforced Disappearances Amnesty International
8 ‘Removing the Veil’: El Salvador Apologizes for State Violence on 20th Anniversary of Peace Accords Leah Wilson and Alexis Stoumbelis
9 Landless Peasants with 80 Families Occupy and Take Over Farm in Northern Uruguay MercoPress
10 El Salvador: Pesticides Fill Graveyards in Rural Villages Edgardo Ayala
11 Brazil: Growing Pains in a Country Under Construction Mario Osava
12 Iran's Relations with Latin America Less Than Meets the Eye Charles Davis
13 Bolivia’s New Faces of Justice Emily Achtenberg, Rebel Currents
14 Revolution against “Progress”: The TIPNIS's Struggle and Class Contradictions in Bolivia Jeffery R. Webber
15 Action Alert! Urgent Need for Solidarity After Another Attack on Q’eqchi’ Communities in Guatemala Guatemala Solidarity Project
16 The Global Revolt and Latin America Roger Burbach
17 A Wake-up Call for Human Rights Defenders in the Americas, Not Indicator of Goldcorp's Performance Center for International Environmental Law and MiningWatch Canada
18 Justice Delayed 30 Years in Guatemala Lauren Carasik and Grahame Russell
19 U.S. and Latin America Should Support Prosecution of Haiti’s Duvalier Jeena Shah
20 Brazilian Government Pulls Plug on the Million Cistern Project Saulo Araujo
21 Colombia: Former Leftist Fighter Becomes Bogota Mayor Al Jazeera
22 Democracy Lessons for Fidel Castro Belen Fernandez
23 Peru: Weak Environmental Impact Studies for Mines Milagros Salazar
24 Argentina: Anti-Terrorism Law Upsets Harmony Between Government and Activists Marcela Valente
25 McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia Hispanically Speaking News
26 What This Company Did to Us: Rape and Displacement in Guatemala Vanessa Kritzer
27 Haiti: Open for Business - Part 2 Correspondents*
28 Haiti: Open for Business - Part 1 Correspondents*
29 Trials and Tenacity in Honduran Women’s Struggle for Land Rights Saulo Araujo
30 "Godfather" of Colombian Army Intelligence Acquitted in Palace of Justice Case The National Security Archive
31 Colombia Asked to Shelve Proposed Expansion of Military Jurisdiction Human Rights Watch
32 Paraguay to Hand Over Indigenous Land Survival International
33 Humala Surrounds Himself with Uniforms, Takes Hard-Line Stance Against Protests Ángel Páez
34 The Militarization of Policing in Honduras Honduras Culture and Politics
35 Guatemala: Why Did War-Torn Areas Vote for Pérez Molina? Louisa Reynolds
36 Argentina: Poison from the Sky Marcela Valente
37 Guatemalan Shooting Victim Announces Third Human Rights Lawsuit against Canada's HudBay Minerals www.chocversushudbay.com
38 Defying the Myth of Native Desolation: Cultural Continuity in Oaxaca Kathleen Melville
39 South America Consolidates Its Role as an Emerging Power Raúl Zibechi
40 Latin America: Human Rights Agenda Has Expanded Marcela Valente
41 Peru declares emergency over disputed mine Al Jazeera
42 Argentina: The Assassins of the Landowners Laureano Barrera and Raúl Arcomano, Translation by Marybeth Stocking
43 Latin America: Not Everyone on Board with Mesoamerica Development Plan Danilo Valladares*
44 New US Military Bases in Honduras Honduras Culture and Politics
45 Interview: Cuba's Health Care Miracle in Haiti Roger Annis
46 Student Protests Spread Throughout Latin America Pamela Sepúlveda*
47 Thanksgiving Rally of the 99% Encachimbado and Indignado in El Salvador Organizing Committee of the Protest in Solidarity with the Global 99%
48 Belize Government Defies Supreme Court Ruling; Grants Oil Company Permit to Maya Lands Intercontinental Cry
49 Argentina Inundated with E-Waste Marcela Valente*
50 Honduran Coup General Seeks Presidency Honduras Culture and Politics
 
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