Laura Chinchilla habría conocido polémica resolución del caso playa Cabuyal por Nathalia Rojas Zúñiga (nathalia.rojas@.ucr.ac.cr) 18 de noviembre, 2009 Durante los inicios de la gestión de la candidata presidencial como Ministra de Justicia, se eliminó una resolución que ordenaba que la disputa por el terreno debía ir a tribunales. Una resolución del Registro Público Nacional que revivió la [...]

Pueblos originarios y socialismo por Raúl Zibechi 17 de noviembre, 2009 Si hay algún fantasma recorriendo América Latina, por recuperar la célebre frase que encabeza el Manifiesto Comunista, es el de la resistencia india comunitaria, en sierras y selvas, y ahora muy especialmente en la Amazonia sudamericana. En los últimos años, naciones enteras resisten la expansión [...]

por Darío Montero GUATEMALA, 14 nov (IPS) – El control comunitario de los fondos públicos ya no será sólo una eficaz idea local, plasmada por líderes sociales en un municipio del sur de Brasil. El primer premio logrado en el quinto Concurso de Experiencias en Innovación Social permitirá que la iniciativa trascienda hacia el resto de [...]

by Caroline Arnold November 1, 2009 “… walking is much healthier than jumping to conclusions or running off at the mouth” During a discussion of sustainability at a recent breakfast caucus of the Healthy Transportation Task Force of the Kent Environmental Council, my friend Larry Cole remarked that technologies for far more efficient internal combustion engines – which [...]

David Korten presented the following speech on October 19, 2009 during a keynote lecture at the Economics of Peace Conference in Sonoma, California. by David Korten October 27, 2009 My subject tonight is the Path to a Peace Economy, based on ideas elaborated in my most recent book, Agenda for a New Economy, and the New Economy [...]

by Ananya Mukherjee-Reed October 26, 2009 One billion people, 1.02 billion to be precise, are hungry: we hear from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as it releases its Report on the State of Food Insecurity. Accompanying this unprecedented level of hunger are lowest levels of food aid ‘in living memory’, warned the World Food Programme (WFP), which [...]

Ecuador: Se profundiza la guerra por los bienes comunes por Raúl Zibechi 19 de octubre de 2009 A fines de septiembre se registró un nuevo levantamiento indígena en Ecuador, esta vez en defensa del agua, amenazada por la minería a cielo abierto. Las organizaciones indias se enfrentaron ahora a un gobierno que se proclama antineoliberal, partidario del “socialismo [...]

You’ve Seen the Movie — Now It’s Time to ACT! by Michael Moore October 22, 2009 Friends, It’s the #1 question I’m constantly asked after people see my movie: “OK — so NOW what can I DO?!” You want something to do? Well, you’ve come to the right place! ‘Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right [...]

Freelance journalist and veteran traveler Michael Fox has sought medical care in more than a dozen countries. One of them stands out as the most difficult place to get treatment: his native United States. by Michael Fox September 29, 2009 Five years ago, I broke my arm in a tractor-trailer accident while traveling in Honduras. I’d left my [...]

by Shamus Cooke October 19, 2009 Two recent studies have shocked the world in regard to global warming.  A phenomenon that was to happen “possibly in our lifetime” has evolved into a threat capable of transforming the world in ten years time. A recent, extensive study of the northern polar ice caps released by climate expert Professor Peter [...]