The loyalty citizens profess to this violent syndicate or that has nothing to do with actual support, and everything to do with survival in an uncertain social terrain where law enforcement is often a perpetrator.
Anti-union crimes are widespread and remain a tremendous concern for people who object to the U.S.-Colombia FTA.
The more exposure the military has to the drug war, the greater the risk that it will succumb to corruption.
If FARC profits from the drug trade again, it may confront the government rather than work with it.
Foreign Policy magazine publishes fear-mongering accusations that Venezuela is becoming a narco-state.
Since taking office, President Porfirio Lobo has opened the door to expanded American military presence in Honduras and auctioned off his country’s right to self-determination.
The government turning its iron fist into an open hand and collaboration on music projects have helped cement a truce between rival gangs in El Salvador.
It’s happening in Buenos Aires. It’s happening in Paris and in Athens. It’s even happening at the World Bank headquarters.The global economy is finally shifting away from the model that prevailed for the last three decades. Europeans are rejecting austerity. Latin Americans are nationalizing enterprises. The next head of the World Bank has actually done effective development work.
Maybe that long-heralded “end of the Washington consensus” is finally upon us.
Despite being immensely popular among the people of Argentina, the Argentinean government’s decision to nationalize the YPF oil company has continued to come under attack by those who obstinately promote extractive capitalism. The measure would nationalize YPF and restore 51 percent of the company’s ownership to Argentina. It would thus end sister company Repsol’s 57.4 percent majority stake in the company.
Latin American growth has resulted from its rejection the economic model pushed by Washington and the European Union: free trade, financial deregulation, and austerity.