Fuente: Nuestro País por Héctor Monestel Herrera 29 de noviembre, 2009 El conflicto en curso suscitado en torno a la ampliación del acueducto El Coco-Ocotal, mejor conocido como el “caso de Sardinal”, en el cantón de Carrillo, provincia de Guanacaste, ha expuesto a la luz pública las consecuencias más generales de tres décadas continuas de reconversiones abruptas en [...]

Source: AlterNet Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains. by Yasha Levine November 26, 2009 What are we getting in return for the bailout? So far, predatory credit card rates, exorbitant bank fees and obscene Wall Street bonuses. But we’re being robbed in other, sneakier [...]

Fuente: Noticias Aliadas por Luis Ángel Saavedra 18 de noviembre, 2009 “El agua y la candela se comparten”, aseguran los ancianos de los pueblos kichwas de la sierra ecuatoriana. Por eso no comprenden por qué se intenta vender las fuentes de agua o los cauces de los ríos: “¡La candela no se vende” y el agua tampoco!”, dicen. La [...]

Source: New Statesman Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Aborigines has changed little. White Australia must offer its first people universal land rights and a proper share of resources by John Pilger November 26, 2009 I remember the boys dressed in army surplus, the girls in hessian, their silhouettes framed in beach shanties, staring across an abyss. You were not [...]

Source: Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON – Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday. As it is, humanity each year uses resources equivalent to nearly one-and-a-half Earths to meet its needs, said the report by Global Footprint Network, an international think tank. “We are [...]

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 [...]

by Steve Almond November 16, 2009 I HAVE a 3-year-old daughter and a 1-year-old son, so I spend a lot of time these days at the playground. Which is fine. I like playgrounds. I like any place where it’s possible to make monkey noises without anyone thinking less of you. The one challenging thing about the playground, though, is [...]

Israel is denying Palestinians access to even the basic minimum of clean, safe water, Amnesty International says. by BBC News October 27, 2009 In a report, the human rights group says Israeli water restrictions discriminate against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. It says that in Gaza, Israel’s blockade has pushed the already ailing water and sewage system [...]

San José, 12 nov (EFE).- La Sala Constitucional escuchó hoy a los opositores y defensores de la mina de oro a cielo abierto de Crucitas cercana a la frontera con Nicaragua, en el marco del estudio de 12 recursos de amparo presentados por los posibles impactos ambientales del proyecto. Los magistrados escucharon a los recurrentes, entre [...]

by Robert C. Koehler October 29, 2009 “What is seen with one eye has no depth.” I’m thinking, as I ponder the wisdom of Ursula LeGuin, that American culture is at the end of what it can accomplish with its single-eyed vision. For all our material progress, for all our ability to dominate just about anything or anyone [...]