Author: CIP Americas

Honduran Coup Crisis Continues; Return of the Right in Argentina; Biodiversity Report; Swine Flu in South America

August 10, 2009

This Week in the Americas Dear friends, We’ve been covering the coup in Honduras since before it happened—some 40 days ago now. That’s the […]

Honduran Coup; Mission Creep at Homeland Security; Columbia’s Spy Scandal; Health Risks From Monsanto Herbicide; Interview with Nestor Stancanelli; Accountability in Mexican Government Spending

July 22, 2009

This Week in the Americas Dear friends, Since before the June 28 coup d’etat in Honduras, we have been working overtime to bring the […]

Massacre in the Amazon; NAFTA’s Debt Slavery; Bank of the South; Independent Media in Argentina; Radio Ñomndaa; Popular Communication in the MST; Obama’s Cartel Busters

June 16, 2009

Dear friends, This has been a busy couple of weeks. I was up on the U.S. border at the 20th anniversary of the Coalition […]

New Military Aid to Mexico; New U.S. Base Proposed in Colombia; Restoring the Immigration System; Enforcement First Policy; May Biodiversity Report; Banker Involved in MST Shooting

June 11, 2009

Dear friends, This has been a busy week. I was very pleased to attend the 20th anniversary of the Coalition for Justice in the […]

Swine Flu: Health, Agriculture, and Trade Implications; Immigration and the Wars on Crime and Drugs; Bolivia’s Plan 3000; Impunity in Atenco; Mexican Human Rights Groups against Military Aid

May 13, 2009

This Week in the Americas Dear Readers, It has been a strange couple of weeks here in Mexico City. Finally the kids went back […]

"An Equal Partnership" at the Summit; Obama in Mexico; Special Earth Day Report; Immigrant Crackdown and the Drug War; April Biodiversity Report; G-20: Round Two; Citizen Groups Organize to End "Soft Censorship"

April 23, 2009

This Week in the Americas "An Equal Partnership" at the Summit: Matching Words with Deeds By Laura Carlsen The stage was set for a […]

50 Years of the IDB; On-Site Analysis in El Salvador; Biodiversity Report; Mexico’s Community Radios

April 17, 2009

This Week in the Americas The IDB—50 Years, Zero Reflection By Laura Carlsen At the end of March, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) celebrated […]

Drug-War Doublespeak; Imprisoning Immigrants for Profit; Need for WTO Reform; Indigenous of Panama Defend Nature

March 11, 2009

This Week in the Americas Drug War Doublespeak By Laura Carlsen Through late February and early March, a blitzkrieg of declarations from U.S. government […]

Napolitano’s Hard Immigration Line; The Correctional Healthcare System; Ninth World Social Forum; Lessons from the Poor; Financial Crisis Slams Mexico

February 25, 2009

Be a part of the new IRC Americas Program! We need people to help us translate original, thought-provoking analysis of the profound changes taking […]

State Dept. on Bolivian, Venezuelan Votes; Ending the Drug War, Outsourcing Immigrants; Political Economy of Migration; Mexican Tourism and Land Battles; Autonomy or Domination; Brazil and Biofuels

February 18, 2009

Be a part of the new IRC Americas Program! We need people to help us translate original, thought-provoking analysis of the profound changes taking […]