Foreign Voices Must Speak up and Call for Milagro Sala’s Release

Amanda Gutierrez Last month, an international delegation of lawyers travelled to Argentina to investigate the prolonged detention of prominent social movement leaders in the province of Jujuy, including Túpac Amaru leader Milagro Sala. Their visit, which comes at a time of deepening social tensions in the country, highlights the need for foreign governments committed to…

From Defiant to Dependent: Ecuador Bows to US and IMF, Entering New Neoliberal Era

Elliott Gabriel QUITO, ECUADOR – Ecuador’s passionate re-embrace of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offers one of the clearest and most dramatic signs that the country’s leadership is dead-set on shedding any vestiges of the “post-neoliberal” era it was said to have entered a decade ago during former President Rafael Correa’s Citizens’ Revolution. The warmth…

With Cynical Theater Nicaragua’s Opposition Erase Their Crimes to Facilitate US Intervention

Tortilla con Sal, July 15th 2018 Events in Nicaragua over this weekend of July 13th-15th show how refined the techniques of psychological warfare have become with the political opposition here using social media to create events that never happened and erase their own criminal terrorist attacks. The crisis in Nicaragua began with a fake “student…

Nicaragua Demands OAS Condemn Resurgence of Terrorist Actions

The Government of Nicaragua denounced in the extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), the resurgence of terrorist actions, which on Thursday took the lives of four police officers and a teacher in the municipality of Morrito, Río San Juan , and de thmanded that the OAS condemn those…

Mexico: People’s Front in Defense of the Earth Demand AMLO Address Land Rights, Cancel the NAICM

THE ORGANIZATIONAL PLATFORM AGAINST THE NEW AIRPORT AND THE AEROTRÓPOLIS We ask President Elect AMLO to cancel the NAICM! The election result of July 1 indicates a rejection of authoritarianism! Either the new government is allied with and defends the interests of society or we will oppose it! The announcement made by President Enrique Peña…

Food Sovereignty in the Venezuelan Andes

Ricardo Vaz In the remote village of Gavidia, in the state of Mérida, a very interesting experience is taking place: the rescue of the native potato and other native foodstuffs; something that is fundamental in terms of food sovereignty. In this article we discuss this experience after visiting Gavidia and talking to one of the…