October 2009 - Page 5 of 6

Uruguay: In Every Kiss a Revolution

Solen Lees October 12, 2009 Solen Lees

With fireworks, music and dancing ‘nuns’, on Friday 25 September Montevideo was host to the March for Diversity, Uruguay’s equivalent of Gay Pride.

Part of a year long-programme of activities organized by the Uruguayan Government called Actúa Montevideo: Más igualdad, más diversidad (Act Montevideo: more equality, more diversity), it took place in September, a month that this small but open-minded country has dedicated to sexual diversity for the second year running. read more

The Why and the How of Land-Grabbing in Africa

Nikolaj Nielsen October 12, 2009 Nikolaj Nielsen

Two years ago singer-songwriter and activist Bob Geldof was so excited about biofuels he even became the special advisor to biomass company Helius. At the time, Geldof visited jatropha curcas plantations in Swaziland run by UK biodiesel producer D1 Oils. Geldof was quoted as saying that these plantations had 'life changing potential'. Since then, D1 Oils dropped out and Mr Geldof silenced.

My Parents Died Due to Lack of Quality Health Care

Alvaro Huerta October 8, 2009 Alvaro Huerta

Assessing the Legacy of Norman Borlaug: Did the Green Revolution Prevent Famines?

Alexis Lathem October 8, 2009 Alexis Lathem

Norman Borlaug

In the last month, following the announcement of the death of Norman Borlaug, we have been reminded of the sweeping claims that have been made about the successes of the green revolution. Borlaug was an agricultural scientist who, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation, developed dwarf varieties of wheat and rice that are widely reported to have produced miraculous yields, and which "saved the lives of millions of people" in the developing world who would otherwise have starved.

Iran’s Nuclear Threat is a Lie

John Pilger October 7, 2009 John Pilger

The Property Waiver Regime: Nicaragua’s Continued Punishment

Jamie Way October 7, 2009 Jamie Way

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was said to symbolize the end of an era. The world was no longer a bipolar battlefield of superpowers. And without the constant threat of a red invasion, the U.S. would undoubtedly halt its "democracy" promotion and harsh policies toward Latin America, or at least it was assumed. Unfortunately, although the Berlin Wall collapsed two decades ago the U.S. government continues not only to uphold relics of the era, but to promote new laws that force U.S. ideologies upon sovereign Latin American nations.