Latin America

Guatemala’s Jacobo Arbenz, presente!

October 21, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The Guatemalan government officially apologized to the family of ex-president Jacobo Arbenz, who was ousted by the military 57 years ago in a CIA-backed coup.

October 12: Columbus Day, or Day of Tragedy?

October 5, 2011 By Wilmer Barzallo

If we look to both past and present and take an objective balance of history, the figure of Columbus cannot help but be associated with an extremely tragic toll.

Secretary of Labor Solis signs migrant workers rights agreements with Latin American countries

September 5, 2011 By Emile Schepers

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis signed agreements with three more Latin American countries (for a total of six) on the protection of certain rights of migrant workers. The right wing is, predictably, yelling "betrayal".

Impunity reigns in Colombia, Piedad Cordoba leaves

August 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In Colombia, wholesale murder and impunity go hand in hand.

GOP-dominated House votes to defund Organization of American States

July 25, 2011 By Emile Schepers

In another fit of lunacy, the Republican House Committee on Foreign Relations voted to cancel the payment of dues to the Organization of American States.