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Ecuador

Will Lenin Moreno Champion Food Sovereignty in Ecuador in Ways Rafael Correa Didn’t?

Social movements were disappointed after former President Correa altered land and seed laws in order to permit land grabs and GMOs. […]
Guatemala

Guatemalans Wage Nonviolent Resistance Against Crisis Created by a Criminal State

Indignation is flowing into the streets again in Guatemala, and protesters demand that President Jimmy Morales and his accomplices in Congress put an end to impunity. […]
Brazil

Brazil’s Left Searches for a Path Out of the Political Crisis

If Brazil’s left aims to be effective beyond electoral purposes, base-building must be paired with politicizing efforts so that the masses can become political subjects, rather than just political objects. […]
Guatemala

Guatemalan Water Protectors Fight to Free Their Rivers

Since Guatemalan law prohibits the unauthorized removal of river water, people in surrounding communities claim that their rivers have been “kidnapped.” But the people are fighting back to free them. […]
Venezuela

Rumbas in the Barrio: Personal Lives in a Venezuelan Collectivist Project

Misión Cultura aimed to “give words, voice, to us, those always silenced” and to build up a popular alternative archive of people’s stories and histories. […]

‘The State is Broken’ in Guatemala and Only Social Movements Can Fix It

by Jeff Abbott in Guatemala 0

Guatemala’s Congress attempted to double down to protect the political elite from being accountable for corruption, but social movements are fighting back. […]

Rumbas in the Barrio: Personal Lives in a Venezuelan Collectivist Project

Rumbas in the Barrio: Personal Lives in a Venezuelan Collectivist Project

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