Food Safety on the Butcher’s Block
Washington is using new free trade agreements to push U.S. food–and food safety standards–down the throats of other countries.
Trouble in Tibet
From Beijing’s perspective, the debt to Tibet has been paid back. Many Tibetens think differently.
IPS Fellow Saul Landau Receives Top Chilean Award
Landau accepts the Bernardo O’Higgins Award from the Chilean Ambassador for his work in human rights.
Yankees Head Home
The U.S. Military reconfigures its unpopular presence in Latin America.
How Drugs Shape U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America
From Plan Colombia to the Merida Initiative.
Chomsky on the Rise of the South
Noam Chomsky looks at the increasing power and coordination of the countries of the Global South.
Hillary Clinton on Military Policy
On her foreign policy agenda: There’s every indication that it closely parallels that of the Bush administration.
Hemispheric Hypocrisy
As Latin America’s leftward political shift grows deeper roots, U.S. influence over the region is declining.
Latin America Rising: U.S. Role Turned Upside Down
Latin America is leading a historic break from the failed policies of the International Monetary Fund.
Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, and the Rest of the World
In a new interview, Noam Chomsky talks about U.S. war plans, what you don’t read in the mainstream media, and why international affairs are run like the mafia.
Cleaving a False Divide in Latin America
U.S. pundits need to stop labeling the regions many progressive leaders as members of the good left or bad left.
Fiesta!
The Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano writes about foreign policy with the flair of a poet.
Alternatives to a Wall
How NAFTA, CAFTA, and other corporate-friendly trade policies displace farmers and create mass migration, and how we can do better.
Free trade fails Latin America
Costa Rica is making headlines for a dead-heat election.
Bolivia’s Charge to the Left
Demonizing Morales will not advance our true national interests of promoting freedom and human development. But cheering an independent and democratic Bolivia just might.