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Health Care in Venezuela
New Venezuelan clinic built by community with funds given from municipality. When communities build projects such as this, they provide some labor and serve as the contractor — thus allowing a lot to be done at lower costs than usual.Health … Continue reading
BOOKS / Jonah Raskin : Eduardo Galeano’s ‘Mirrors’
From Hugo Chavez to Barack Obama and to you, too… Eduardo Galeano’s Mirrors:A reflection on Uruguay’s preeminent author By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2009 He doesn’t have a full beard like Che, doesn’t smoke big … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Historians, Latin America, Literature, South America, Uruguay
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Chavez: ‘When the Working Class Roars, the Capitalists Tremble’
Photo: AFP/Getty Images.Venezuela: ‘When the working class roars, capitalists tremble’By Federico Fuentes / May 30, 2009 Addressing the 400-strong May 21 workshop with workers from the industrial heartland of Guayana, dedicated to the “socialist transformation of basic industry”, Venezuelan President … Continue reading
El Salvador : President-Elect Funes Inherits Major Problems
Poverty in El Salvador. Photo from ElFaro.net.Millennium Development Objectives: President Saca leaves President-elect Fumes with some serious obstacles in the areas of poverty, health, education and equality By Val Liveoak / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2009 [As President-elect … Continue reading
Disaster in the Making: Mexico City Short of Water
Dawn breaks over the sprawling metropolis of Mexico City. Officials are struggling to provide water for all 20 million residents. Photo: Brennan Linsley/Associated Press.Water shortages plague Mexico CityMay 21, 2009 It’s been three weeks since the taps in Carlos Sandana’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Latin America, Mexico, Mexico City, Water Conservation
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Peruvian Rainforest : Tribes Blockade Roads and Rivers, Government Troops Move in
Huge parts of Peru’s rainforest are threatened by government deals with several multinationals. Photo by / Paul A Souders / Corbis. Ecology and culture at stake say environmentalists, as government plans to exploit rainforest for oil, gas and timber. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Direct Action, Environment, Indigenous People, Latin America, Peru, Social Action
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Venezuela Seizes Non-Compliant Cargill Plant
Last March President Chavez nationalised Cargill’s rice plant.Venezuela seizes US pasta company Venezuelan officials accompanied by soldiers have seized “temporary” control of a US-owned pasta producer. Venezuela says the plant, owned by the big US firm Cargill, had violated regulations … Continue reading
Guatemala : A General Sense of Insecurity
Guatemalan police work at crime scene where bus driver was killed in ongoing domestic violence. Photo by Reuters / All Voices.Insecurity in Guatemala There are several processes taking place on the governmental level that are intended to reduce this insecurity, … Continue reading
Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 3: Face of Victory
‘Venceremos!’ he shouted, and asked that we put his picture on the internet. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.The face of victory It was in the small, dusty town of Rosario de Mora that I witnessed the historic … Continue reading
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 2: Organizing
SETA organizer from El Salvador talks with SEIU organizer from the U.S. SETA is the Salvadoran water workers union leading the fight against privatization. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. Our delegation heard from CONPHAS representatives, students, human … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, El Salvador, Latin America, Revolutionary Movements, The Left
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Alice Embree on El Salvador : Reflections on a People’s Victory, Part 1
Supporters show their colors during campaign rally before elections in El Salvador. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog. The left victory of Mauricio Funes in El Salvador is part of a wave of change transforming Latin America in … Continue reading
