Latin American Leaders Should Stand Up for People, Not Corporate Profits
As leaders gather in Los Angeles, a reflection on the past two decades of battles against neoliberalism and for a more just and equitable alternative in the Americas.
Militarizing Latin America: Four More Years
Washington should recognize that Latin America is experimenting with new political and economic models to reduce the region’s traditional poverty and inequality.
Trade Agreements & Human Rights: How Victimizers Sue Victims in Latin America
IPS Associate Fellow Manuel Pérez-Rocha will lead a workshop as part of Ecumenical Advocacy Day for Global Peace with Justice on “Trade Agreements & Human Rights: How Victimizers Sue Victims in Latin America.”
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
A free-trade agreement that floods Colombia with cheap U.S.-produced grains could drive farmers to coca production.
Mr. Hardball Goes to the World Bank
Robert Zoellick, a tone-deaf, name-calling steely opportunist, is the wrong choice to lead the Bank.
Free trade fails Latin America
Costa Rica is making headlines for a dead-heat election.