More than 160 participants from 18 countries gathered at the U.S. Southern Command for the annual exercise that focuses on supporting the Panamanian government in defense of the Panama Canal. 

There are two projects for reforming the countryside: one already proposed by the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto and its partners; and one offered by campesino organizations. 

Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, was recently reunited with her abducted grandson, Ignacio Hurban/Guido Montoya Carlotto, and it has brightened the mood in Argentina while generating more interest in further investigations.  It has also given the President’s popularity a boost. 

The “Monsanto Law” is a direct attack on Guatemalan sovereignty and could be introducing “a new process of colonialization.” 

We live in a market economy that has led to the creation of a culture of wasteful consumption.  It has set out to convert the human being into a “good consumer,” especially children and youth. 

On August 11, 2014 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law new rules governing the historic reordering of Mexico’s state-owned oil, gas and electricity sectors, opening them to levels of participation by foreign and private companies not seen since the 1930s.  In 1938 President Lázaro Cárdenas nationalized the Mexican oil industry, taking over from

Weak early childhood development, high levels of school failure, the weakening of family and community life, a lack of opportunities and unemployment: Uruguayan children of incarcerated parents suffer their own form of punishment.  

A study by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (MEPyD) shows a significant reduction in general and extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic over the last two years.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged States of the region “to take immediate action to contribute to the protection of the rights of peoples in voluntary isolation,” given their high vulnerability to the large-scale exploitation of natural resources on their territories. 

Cough, asthma, allergies, eye irritation, loss of hearing, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease …these are some ailments that urbanites are more likely to suffer.