Latin America – Page 57 – People's World

A U.S. musician pays tribute to Mercedes Sosa

October 7, 2009 By Bill Meyer

Argentinian folksinger Mercedes Sosa was known the world over as “the voice of the voiceless.”

Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer for justice, dies

October 6, 2009 By Sijisfredo Avilés

Mercedes Sosa, who died Sunday, will live in the hearts of lovers of the Nueva Cancion and of social justice.

So Long, Salamanders

February 24, 2009 By Stephen Leahy

SAN DIEGO, (Tierramérica) - Mesoamerica's salamanders appear to be joining the global decline in amphibian species, like frogs, adding to the evidence of ecological change around the planet.

Not just peace but justice! teach-in draws large crowd

February 20, 2009 By Sean Hannley

A teach-in organized by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC) and the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) and LASC and co-sponsored by SOA Watch, CISPES, the Alliance for Global Justice and other organizations drew...

World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism

February 2, 2009 By Mario Osava

BELÉM, Brazil, Jan 30 (IPS) - 'True socialism is feminist,' and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that...