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Noam Chomsky: Militarizing Latin America

Noam Chomsky September 9, 2009 Noam Chomsky

The United States was founded as an “infant empire,” in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the national territory was a grand imperial venture. From the earliest days, control over the hemisphere was a critical goal.

Latin America has retained its primacy in U.S. global planning. If the United States cannot control Latin America, it cannot expect “to achieve a successful order elsewhere in the world,” observed President Richard M. Nixon’s National Security Council in 1971, when Washington was considering the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s government in Chile. read more

Reclaiming a Continent: Latin American Experiments in Democracy

Benjamin Dangl August 25, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Reclaiming Latin America: Experiments in Radical Social Democracy provides an in depth and accessible introduction to Latin American politics for people seeking to understand this past tumultuous and hopeful decade. While avoiding superficial analysis and simplistic leftist cheerleading, this book addresses the complexity and diversity of the new Latin American left.

Honduran Coup: The U.S. Connection

Conn Hallinan August 12, 2009 Conn Hallinan

Manuel Zelaya

While the Obama administration was careful to distance itself from the recent coup in Honduras - condemning the expulsion of President Manuel Zelaya to Costa Rica, revoking Honduran officials' visas, and shutting off aid - that doesn't mean influential Americans aren't involved, and that both sides of the aisle don't have some explaining to do.

Why Food Inc. Fails: Documentary Bites Off More Than It Can Chew

Frank Joseph Smecker August 5, 2009 Frank Joseph Smecker

After six years in the making, Robert Kenner's Food Inc. made it onto the silver screen just in time for this summer's harvest. Directed and produced by Kenner himself, and co-produced by the author who brought us Fast Food Nation, investigative journalist, Eric Schlosser, Food Inc. explores the modern diet alongside the agriculture-industrial-complex responsible for the sugary/salty/fatty provender manufactured to mollify modern dieters.

Diplomacy Underground: Tunnel Proposed to Grant Bolivia Access to Sea

Benjamin Dangl May 14, 2009 Benjamin Dangl

Bachelet and Morales

In the bloody War of the Pacific in 1879, Chile took away Bolivia's only access to the sea. Over a century later, demands from Bolivia for the recuperation of this land are louder than ever. The most recently proposed solution to this diplomatic crisis seems to be straight out of a science fiction novel: the construction of 150 kilometer tunnel from Bolivia to an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean.

The Battle Over Bolivia’s Lithium and the Future of Energy

April Howard May 6, 2009 April Howard

Salt Piles at the Salar de Uyuni

In the brine under a crust of blindingly white salt in Uyuni, Bolivia, lies nearly 50 percent of the world's lithium reserves. Best known as a tourist attraction, the Salar is gaining fame as batteries made with this scarce element catch the attention of governments and auto-makers world wide.