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southamericanow southamericanow home about blog links friday film news links may 11 2012 leave a comment colombia friday film plan colombia cashing in on the drug war plan colombia cashing in on the drug war 2003 is a documentary about the the drug trade in colombia and the us efforts to combat the problem it strongly critiques the ineffectual approach that the us has taken under the so called plan colombia i have written before about how the united states needs to reconsider its appraoch to the war on drugs and when i first watched it a number of years ago it opened my eyes to the continuing destructive behavior of the us in latin america that many believe is a thing of the past even now the us is pursuing similar policies across the andean region for more information see imdb share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged colombia drug war plan colombia united states may 06 2012 leave a comment bolivia latin america morales backs down on sanitary law source infolatam evo morales has announced that he is suspending a decree that was intended to increase the working day of doctors and health professionals to more than 8 hours the suspension of the decree is in response to an indefinite strike by health workers bolivia s largest union la central obrera boliviana had also planned a strike against the degree for next weekend the strike was also intended to draw attention to the perilous state of the country s hospitals the lack of plans to increase health care provision in line with population growth and the continuing shortages of supplies and medicines this is not the first time that morales has stepped back from a policy in response to huge protests in january of last year he retracted a proposed 70 rise in petrol prices after it provoked huge protests morales has been successful in tackling some of bolivia s major problems poverty has decreased the budget is balanced and inflation is under control but if bolivia is to truly make strides towards becoming a modern country then morales will need to find some cojones and implement his policies with a little more conviction share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged bolivia evo morales latin america may 05 2012 leave a comment argentina argentinian releases olympic propaganda over the last few days there has been some controversy over an advert that the argentinian government has put out on national television to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the falklands malvinas war the advert is also strangely promoting the argentinian olympic team at the same time see the advert here i am not usually a fan of using loaded words such as propaganda but i feel that in this case it is justified because of the nature of the content of this advert while i definitely sympathise with the issue this kind of trite nationalism turns my stomach how this type of action will help in kirchner s fight to regain the islands i have no idea i would think that her constant bashing on about the issue will only raise expectations in argentina and they are expectations that she has no realistic chance of fulfuling share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged argentina falkland islands kirchner olympics may 04 2012 leave a comment latin america united states friday film the war on democracy the war on democracy 2007 is a documentary directed by christopher martin and john pilger about the negative impact that us involvement in latin america has had on the region it documents not only past but recent us intervention and demonstrates the human cost of us actions there is no doubt that john pilger has made some great documentaries about latin america and especially us involvement in the region but i am still not quite sure what to think about him whether you agree with him or not the film makes for fascinating viewing full film available here the film is also available on google video for more information see john pilger s website and the film s page on imdb share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged john pilger latin america united states may 02 2012 leave a comment bolivia latin america morales expropriates electricity evo shows kirchner how it s done evo morales announces expropriation of ted source la razón bolivian president evo morales announced yesterday that he was nationalising transportadora de electridad ted owned by the spanish company red eléctrica española ree certain new sources such as el país have made a direct comparison between morales actions and the expropriation of ypf a few weeks ago there are however important differences between the two first morales used the same justification as kirchner that the spanish company had not invested enough in bolivia this company was profitable but there was almost no capitalisation almost no investment in 17 years they had only invested 81 million he said whereas kircher s claim that repsol had not invested enough is difficult to sustain morales statement seems much more credible second the tone that morales used was much less aggressive than kirchner s in his original announcement he said that he would be negotiating with ree to ensure that an agreement will be reached kirchner s aggressive rhetoric and the poorly managed expropriation has caused significant tension between argentina and spain and now spain wants to impose economic sanctions third bolivia has the necessary expertise and capital to run and expand the country s electricity network the country does not require large quantities of foreign investment to ensure a good supply of electricity on the other hand the argentinian government by deterring foreign investment has jeopardised the country s future ability to fully exploit its reserves of shale oil and gas share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged argentina bolivia evo morales kirchner morales repsol ypf spain ted ypf apr 30 2012 leave a comment latin america venezuela chávez reduces working week from 44 to 40 hours chávez announcing new labour regulations source el universal the new labour law that venezuelan president hugo chávez announced today will reduce the working week for venezuelans from 44 hours to 40 hours among other measures chávez says that companies will have up to one year to comply with the new measures the improvement of labour conditions is an obvious priority for chávez as part of his vision of socialism of the 21st century labour regulation across latin america is generally weak leaving workers open to abuse and some of the highest working hours in the world with the venezuelan economy struggling however now might not have been the best moment to impose new regulations share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged hugo chávez latin america socialism of the 21st century venezuela apr 29 2012 leave a comment mexico proceso journalist murdered in veracruz regina martínez the mexican journalist regina martínez a regular contributor to the mexican magazine proceso has been found dead this weekend according to the state of verzcruz where she lived it appears that she suffered a violent death with signs of a beating and eventual death by stangulation martínez dedicated more than thirty years to investigating drugs trafficking in mexico and its links to central and local government officials in the past two years veracruz has become a battle ground between drugs cartels fighting for the ports on the gulf coast martínez is the fourth journalist killed in the state in the past 18 months reporters without borders now estimate that more than 80 journalsits have been murdered since 2000 with a further 14 disappeared the death of journalists in mexico is especially worrying as magazines such as proceso offer some of the only quality reporting in mexico and play an important role in bringing the state to account take a look at the proceso website to keep up to date with all things mexican share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged latin america mexico proceso regina martínez veracruz war on drugs xalapa apr 28 2012 leave a comment bolivia second march by indigenous groups against highway in bolivia protesters on the first march in august 2011 source ap yesterday 300 members of various indigenous groups in bolivia started a second march to the bolivian capital la paz to protest against a proposed highway that would cross a protected area the marchers all come from the area of the tipnis national reserve located 600 kilometres from la paz in the bolivian amazon the first march which started last summer was a disaster for evo morales government morales chose to repress the march using police forces which led to violent clashes his decision led to widespread protest across the country and the resignation of two government ministers in response to the violence the central obrera boliviana the largest trade union organisation in bolivia called a general strike under mounting pressure the government canceled the project it appeared that the march despite the bloodshed had been a success after a few months however and several rallies supporting the project the government rescinded on its promise and restarted the construction the second march is significantly smaller than the first with only 300 participants compared to 1 500 before but it still has the possibility of causing major problems for morales share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged bolivia evo morales indigenous people isiboro sécure national park indigenous territory la paz tipnis apr 27 2012 2 comments brazil friday film dancing with the devil dancing with the devil 2009 is a documentary directed by jon blair it is a story about crime in rio de janeiro told through the lives of three men spiderman a 28 year old leader of a drug cartel leonardo torres a police inspector and pastor dione an evangelical preacher by approaching the theme from three angles blair gives us a well rounded insight into the situation the warped mentality not only of spiderman but also of the police inspectors speaks much about the continuing problems of tackling the drugs problem in large urban centres the views of pastor dione which often border on hyperbole add another interesting take on the situation and also provide insights into the rise of evangelical christianity in brazil despite the fact that the film is now a little out of date as the police in rio have started implementing a pacification programme it is still well worth watching film trailer the film is a little difficult to find on the internet but a little bit of perseverance will pay off for more information see the film s official website and imdb share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged brazil jon blair latin america rio de janeiro apr 25 2012 leave a comment venezuela chávez accuses opposition of links to drugs trafficking opposition candidate henrique capriles source gulf daily the venezuelan government has announced that it has dismantled a network that was involved in laundering drugs money and that several prominent members of the political opposition are implicated according to the minister of justice tareck el aissami the group handled approximately 10 million and set up a number of front organisations to hide their activities he said that investigators have suspicions that enrique salas the governor of carabobo and morel rodríguez the governor of nueva esparta were involved in the network although it is difficult to know whether or not the accusations have any grounding they come at a point when domestic criticism of the chávez government is increasing recently chávez has spent more time in havana than in caracas due to the treatment he is receiving for cancer henrique capriles the opposition candidate for president has criticised him for ruling the country through his twitter account accusations of government involvement in drugs trafficking and manipulation of the judicial system made by former judge eladio aponte last week also called into question the honesty of the chávez administration the whole thing smells suspiciously like an attempt to discredit the opposition before the upcoming presidential elections in october share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading tagged hugo chávez latin america venezuela older posts follow blog via email enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address follow join 12 other 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