Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado?
Programa de las Américas Informe especial Argentina versus el Banco Mundial: ¿Juego limpio o partido arreglado? Tony Phillips 18 de junio de 2008 Versión original: Argentina Versus the World Bank: Fair Play or Fixed Fight?Traducción por: Annette Ramos Programa de […]
Climate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas Perspective
Americas Program Special ReportClimate Change Cause and Effect, An Americas PerspectiveTony Phillips | December 20, 2007 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)(formerly) americas.irc-online.org “We, the human race, have substantially altered the earth’s atmosphere. In 2005, the concentration of carbon […]
Borda: A day with the Crazies
One Saturday I had the pleasure of being invited to partake in an extraordinary visit. I took some maté and bought cigarettes for the first time in four years. The maté was to help me get over the ill effects […]
Teacher’s Death Brings National Instability
Dateline: Monday, April 9th. 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Updated: Wednesday May 16th. 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Vicious Cycle of Debt
In the Americas the conquests have yet to finish and the discovery has yet to begin. Luis Felipe Noe, Argentina Ever wondered why a curious group of economists got together in a small town in New Hampshire at the end […]
Vicious Cycle of Debt
In the Americas the conquestshave yet to finish and thediscovery has yet to begin.Luis Felipe Noe, Argentina
Asunción Anillo Energético
The 28th Mercosur meeting (Mercado Común del Sur) took place in the Paraguayan capital of Asunción, June 20th. Various accords were signed including Latin America’s first poverty eradication and common structural funds agreements. The smiling presidents were also photographed happily […]
WTO Hong Kong Video
Click on image above to see Walden Bello’s educational and informative piece on the terms of the WTO deal currently on offer. The images on the music video come from the WTO meeting and protests in Hong Kong. I encoded […]
Oil and water in Argentina and Bolivia
In Latin America, oil and water don?t mix. Or do they?
Latin American neighbors, Argentina and Bolivia have recently undertaken a re-nationalizing of their natural resources each their own way and for different reasons. This article compares the public-private struggles for oil and water resources in Argentina and in Bolivia.