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How the Drug War Spread Across the Entire World

Emily Dickinson, Washington Monthly. January 16, 2012.

Colombia’s incredible turnaround strategy has become a rare success story in the drug war, as well as its most formidable brand and export. It is, however, problematic.

Unregulated Clinical Trials, Exploitation, and Profit: How the FDA Allows Big Pharma to Exploit the Poor in South America

Kelly Hearn, The Nation. September 28, 2011.

In South America, Big Pharma takes advantage of an extreme lack of FDA oversight by conducting unwarranted, unsafe experiments on the poor.

Feedlot Meat Has Spurred a Soy Boom That Has a Devastating Environmental and Human Cost

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. March 17, 2011.

South America is being taken over by a handful of companies in the soy business that are destroying ecologically sensitive areas and pushing people from their ancestral land.

Student Movement Rocks Chile

David Dougherty, The Real News Network. March 6, 2011.

Students campaign against a privatized educational system and demand education as a right.

In South America, the Left and Indigenous Movements Are Searching for a Way to Co-Exist

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. September 1, 2010.

At the heart of these conflicts is a question the Latin American left is grappling with: what should this "other world that is possible" look like?

Colombian Mass Grave Of More Than 2000 May Be Civilian Trade Unionists, Not Military Casualties

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. August 5, 2010.

Colombia is currently the most dangerous country in the world for trade unionists, and the U.S. is likely implicated in the murders.

Oliver Stone: The US Has Launched Military Interventions and Political Coups Fifty-Five Times in Latin America

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Conversations. June 26, 2010.

The critically-acclaimed director discusses his upcoming documentary, "South of the Border."

Marijuana and Cocaine Should Be Legalized, Says Latin American Drugs Commission

Duncan Campbell, The Guardian. May 28, 2009.

The "war on drugs" has been a disaster say some of Latin America's most powerful politicians and writers.

Bananas: A Parable for Our Times

Johann Hari, Huffington Post. January 17, 2009.

The history of the banana tells us about the corporations that increasingly dominate the world -- and where they are leading us.

What We Can Learn from Social Struggle in South America

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. December 23, 2008.

South American social movements are potential blueprints for change in the U.S.

South America: Can Recession Be Avoided?

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 18, 2008.

Can South America escape the wrath of the economic and financial storms that have their epicenter in the United States?

Obama vs. McCain: Progressive Voter Guide to Drug Issues

AlterNetOctober 10, 2008.

Find out how Obama and McCain compare on everything from drug sentencing laws to drug use in politicians' personal lives.

A New Cold War Brewing in Latin America?

Revolter, BoRev. July 25, 2008.

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos today stated that he "still does not know what [the CSD] is for."

Can Ecology and Commerce Coexist?

Jay Walljasper, Ode. March 8, 2007.

A new movement called "beyond organic" aims to save land and communities. Is it the next ecological and social revolution or just another marketing tactic?

Washington Is Losing Its Grip on Latin America

Mark Weisbrot, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. March 6, 2007.

As President Bush heads south for a seven-day trip to counter the populist political tide in Latin America, he'll discover that Washington's influence has collapsed and is not likely to recover.