Of Donors and Disasters
When representatives from 136 countries attended the high-level International Donors’ Conference in New York on March 31, it looked like good news for Haiti.
Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
The emergency has brought to light problems that will have serious consequences for the neoliberal business model.
The Homeless in Bahia: The Utopia of “Good Living”
Millions of Brazilians have serious housing problems. The Movimiento Sin Techo (Homeless Movement) seeks to organize them, and to occupy abandoned properties and land on the outskirts of the city to pressure the government.
Brazil as a Key Player
In the decade in which it begins its ascent, the country is so important that it is forcing its main competitor in the region, the United States, to redesign its foreign policy to take into consideration Brazil’s prominence, a tactic that might destabilize all of Latin America.