Global South

By Leonardo Padura Fuentes From IPS Haiti was the first independent nation in Latin America. The French colony of Saint Domingue, which occupied the western half of Hispaniola…
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Excerpts of Naomi Klein’s appearance on Amy Goodman’s show Democracy Now! on the events in Haiti and who are profiting already with the tragedy. As I write about in The Shock Doctrine,…
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Donate online to MEDICC’s HAITI EARTHQUAKE APPEAL. The effects of the disastrous earthquake in Haiti will be long term. That’s why MEDICC and Global Links (Pittsburgh, PA) are sending…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine…
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By Steve Clemons Washington (CNN) -- In Latin America, Cuba stands out as one of the most effective deployers of soft power. Rather than exporting revolution, Cuba today exports…
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‘We can open up, but not until we’re good and ready,’ says President-elect Pepe Mujica of Uruguay An interview with Hamlet Hermann By Elíades Acosta Matos Nobody would believe…
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By Alejandro Torres Rivera (Excerpt from an article written by Puerto Rican attorney Alejandro Torres Rivera.) Venezuelan Vice President and Defense Minister Ramón Alonso Carrizales…
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The struggle of electricians in Mexico goes on (Part 2, final) By Manuel Pérez-Rocha The year 2010 began in Mexico with the continuation of the mobilization of Mexican Electricians…
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By Manuel Pérez-Rocha Social unrest grows daily in Mexico. It is expressed in the agglutination of diverse social movements in support of the struggle of the electrical workers who were…
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An editorial from the Mexican newspaper La Jornada U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Dec. 11 asked Latin American nations to abstain from developing ties with Iran, whose…
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