“If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn’t we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?” - Eduardo Galeano
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Upside Down World is an independent online magazine covering activism and politics in Latin America with quality on-the-ground reporting and analysis. We relaunched in September after a short hiatus to reclaim our position as a leading outlet for the latest news on developments in Latin America and analysis to help make sense of it.
With a view, as the Mayan-based Zapatista movement in southern Mexico says, “from below and to the left,” we are a grassroots collective of writers, photojournalists, activists, translators, and editors who, through empowering and educational investigations and reporting, encourage the exchange of experiences between north and south and aim to flip the world upside down … or right side up.
Why should you become a monthly subscriber?
Since launching in 2003, Upside Down World has received no funding or support from any government or corporation; our reporting is free of state or corporate influence, allowing us to share analyses and follow stories without constraint. So we depend on you, our readership, to sustain and expand this grassroots media outlet. Your monthly subscription will help provide fair compensation for everyone’s work at Upside Down World—the only way to guarantee quality on-the-ground reporting, analyses, and translations.
You can also make a one time donation at this Paypal link or donate through Network for Good: Specify that the donation is for UDW by writing Upside Down World in the “Designation” box on this Network for Good donation page.
Check out the articles we have published since our relaunch. If you would like to continue to see reporting like this published, please subscribe today!
Honduran Indigenous Activist Battles Colonialism, Patriarchy, and Militarism with Sexual Diversity Education by Bryan Rogers
El Salvador’s New Savior by Hilary Goodfriend
Save TPS for Central Americans and Haitians! by Rachael De La Cruz
‘A Rapist Is Not a Father’: Brazilian Women Protest Proposed Rollback of Abortion Rights by Michael Fox
Guatemalan Feminist Hip Hop Artist Raises Voice Against State Femicide by Jackie McVicar
Left-Right Electoral Alliance Might Leave Honduras Opposition in the Middle of Nowhere by Heather Gies
In El Salvador, Vidalina Morales Is Uprooting Patriarchy While Defending the Environment by Lorena Gaibor
FARC’s Insurgent Feminism Moves from the Battlefield to Society by Kimberley Brown
Ecuadoreans Won’t Back Down in Fighting Chevron-Texaco Over Amazon Oil Disaster by Lindsay Ofrias
The United Colors of Benetton Include Blood Red in Argentina by Darío Arand
Canadian Mining Continues to Trample on Human Rights in Latin America Under Trudeau by Jackie McVicar
Being a Trade Unionist in Guatemala Will Get You Killed by Jeff Abbott
Criminalizing Resistance: Militarization, Murder, and Extractivism in Chiapasby Kaelyn DeVries
A Right-Wing Election Victory Could Restore Pinochet-Era Abortion Ban in Chile by Heather Gies
Time to Declare War on the US ‘War on Drugs’ in Latin America by Belén Fernández
From Social Movements to ‘Other’ Societies in Movement Part 1 and Part 2 byRaúl Zibechi
Resisting Hydroelectric Dams in Guatemala: A Matter of Life and Death by Zia Kandler
Mexico’s Drug War and Neoliberal Energy Reforms Could Be Good for Business, Especially Mercenary Companies by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Honduras, the Deadliest Country in the World for Environmental Defenders, Is About to Get Deadlier by Heather Gies
Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Takes David vs. Goliath Battle with Newmont Mining to US Court by Cyril Mychalejko
Grassroots Action Confronts Impunity Three Years After Ayotzinapa by Dawn Paley
How Manufactured Economic Crisis in Brazil Paved Way for a Soft Coup by Brian Mier
Will Lenin Moreno Champion Food Sovereignty in Ecuador in Ways Rafael Correa Didn’t? by Karla Peña
Guatemalans Wage Nonviolent Resistance Against Crisis Created by a Criminal State by Jhonathan F. Gómez
Brazil’s Left Searches for a Path Out of the Political Crisis by Sabrina Fernandes
Guatemalan Water Protectors Fight to Free Their Rivers by Simon Granovsky-Larsen
Rumbas in the Barrio: Personal Lives in a Venezuelan Collectivist Project by Sujatha Fernandes
‘The State is Broken’ in Guatemala and Only Social Movements Can Fix It by Jeff Abbott
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“Si el mundo está, como ahora está, patas arriba, ¿no habría que darlo vuelta, para que pueda pararse sobre sus pies?” – Eduardo Galeano
Upside Down World es una revista independiente en línea que hace periodismo de calidad y desde el territorio sobre activismo y política en América Latina. Volvimos al ruedo en septiembre, tras una breve pausa, para reclamar nuestro espacio como una de las principales fuentes de información sobre América Latina en inglés, con análisis en profundidad que nos ayudan a comprender los sucesos de la región.
Con una visión, como expresa el movimiento zapatista en México, “desde abajo y a la izquierda”, conformamos un colectivo periodístico autogestivo integrado por escritores, fotoperiodistas, activistas, traductores y editores que, mediante investigaciones y crónicas, buscamos empoderarnos y generar conocimientos, fomentar el intercambio de experiencias norte-sur, para dar vuelta el mundo..., y que se pare sobre sus patas.
¿Por qué suscribirse a Upside Down World?
Desde nuestro lanzamiento en 2003, no hemos recibido financiamiento ni apoyo de ningún gobierno, corporación o fundación importante; hacemos un periodismo libre de influencias estatales o corporativas, que nos permite compartir análisis y hacer seguimiento de casos sin condicionamientos. Por eso dependemos de nuestros lectores y lectoras para sostener y ampliar este colectivo. Gracias a tu suscripción mensual podremos brindar una justa retribución a todos los trabajadores y trabajadoras de Upside Down World: es la única manera de garantizar artículos (y traducciones) de calidad, desde el territorio.
Te invitamos a leer los trabajos que hemos publicado desde el relanzamiento. Encuentra más artículos en inglés en la parte superior. Si te gustaría seguir leyendo este tipo de notas, ¡suscríbete hoy mismo!
David contra Goliat: la ganadora del Premio Goldman lleva batalla contra Newmont Mining a un tribunal estadounidense por Cyril Mychalejko
Los defensores del agua guatemaltecos y la lucha por liberar sus ríos por Simon Granovsky-Larsen