Author: Americas Program

School of Americas Watch: Vigil to Close the SOA 2011

The November vigil to close the School of the Americas (SOA), that U.S. Army training school at Ft. Benning that instructs soldiers and military personnel from Latin American countries,, brought together hundreds

Zapatistas: 18 Years of Rebellion and Resistance

Desinformemonos.org, an “autonomous, global communications project”, covers grassroots movements throughout the world and the ideas and aspirations behind them. Its team reported on the international seminar held in Chiapas to commemorate and

The Food Crisis Strikes Again

The increase in the cost of food, especially basic grains, has serious consequences for southern countries with low incomes and dependency on food imports, and for the millions of families in these

Long Live the Students!

Chilean students have mobilized massive segments of the population once again, and they have Chile at their feet. The student movement leaves no doubt that efforts to privatize education in Chile have

In Defense of Maize (and the Future)

CIP Americas Program Citizen Action Profile #6 By Ramón Vera Herrera Maize is not a thing. Like the land, it is a set of relationships. The current offensive against maize is an

U.S. Anti-Migration Efforts Move South

By Michael Flynn July 3, 2002 For years, the public has scrutinized the successes, failures, and excesses of border policing strategies devised by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Border