Not many tracks rock the familiar rhythm of Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and reference Arizona racism as well as the Zapatistas, amid L.A.’s Homeboy/Homegirl Industries, but Las Cafeterias do. They’re even offering the song for free download. [youtube 9xv-FjbXaqk]
Since taking office in February 1999, Chavez has been Washington’s number one Latin American enemy. He worries US officials for good reason. He’s a powerful threat. He represents a good example. Venezuela’s social democracy shames America’s. Bolivarianism works. So does its political system. Elections are open, free and fair. US electoral politics lack legitimacy. Democracy [...]
In October of 2007, mounting contention over the Central American Free Trade Agreement in Costa Rica culminated in a historic referendum, pitting the decentralized, grassroots movement of the “No” against a “SÍ” campaign supported by big businesses together with the Costa Rican and US governments. On Tuesday, February 28th, 7 p.m. (Room 5414, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth [...]
From 1980 to 1992, the Central American country of El Salvador was embroiled in a civil war between the military-led government and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional. The United States supported the Salvadoran government under the guise of anti-Communism and, according to many human rights groups, lent aid to paramilitary death squads [...]
Venezuela Provides More than One Million Free Eye Operations to Latin Americans The Venezuelan and Cuban health care program which performs free eye surgery for people around Latin America has treated over 1 million patients since 2004, according to data released by the Venezuelan government earlier this month. The social program, known as Mission Miracle, [...]
I remember the coup d’état as if it were yesterday. I was at home, and a strange sound–like a knife scraping the sky–awoke me. I was born in the time of dictators and coups (1975), but I don’t remember the stories they told me about those days, when the country woke up one morning to [...]
We express our total rejection of the Panamanian government and our unconditional support to our working class comrades in Panama, following the appalling acts of bloodshed and repression carried out by the government of Panama led by Ricardo Martinelli against the Panamanian people and, specifically, the persecution, killing and imprisonment of leaders of the Frente [...]
Professor Noam Chomsky Ph.D. speaks on Haiti, Honduras and the history of U.S. rule in Latin America. [youtube WvTceESSSLU] Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 12-15-09/
The military agreement between the United States and Colombia has caused outcry in Latin America. Many governments suspect that the US is trying to cement its military hegemony in the region and maintain its ability to intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries. The State Department says that the deal is all about security [...]
By José Carlos Mariátegui To what degree is the situation of the Latin American republics similar to that of the semi-colonial countries? The economic condition of these republics is undoubtedly semi-colonial, and this characteristic of their economies tends to be accentuated as capitalism, and therefore imperialist penetration, develops. But the national bourgeoisies, who see cooperation [...]
RT @pocorganize: Colombia: narco-terrorist card in political play http://t.co/Ij75qJSJod #classwar #latism #latam
Colombia: narco-terrorist card in political play http://t.co/Ij75qJSJod #classwar #latism #latam
RT @pocorganize: Federal Judge orders release of names of School of Americas graduates http://t.co/Wa1Bo34g8w #classwar #latism #latam #atlat #revsoc
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