Latin America and the Caribbean
Solutions to the EU Crisis: Learning from Latin America
Former Bolivian ambassador Pablo Solon speaks of his successes and frustrations in government, what the EU can learn from Latin America in confronting a debt crisis, and warns of the dangers of marketising nature under the guise of a 'green economy.'
EU crisis: Another way is possible
Location
What can we learn from Latin America? Public talk with Susan George, Pablo Solon and Pedro Paez; June 7th at Felix Meritis in Amsterdam.
Het vrijhandelsverdrag met Colombia
Location
Een debat op het scherpst van de snede, over het spanningsveld tussen economisch profijt en moreel-ethische waarden.
NO to the EU - Colombia/Peru Free Trade Agreement
Call on your MEP to oppose EU's proposed Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Peru and Central America because they will undermine human rights, increase unemployment and put corporate profits above human needs.
Latijns-Amerika wil af van oorlog tegen drugs
Nogal wat landen in Latijns-Amerika willen af van de oorlog tegen drugs. De oorlog, die vooral in Mexico en Centraal-Amerika een zware tol eist, heeft gefaald, zeggen ze. Ze zullen dit weekend op de Top van de Amerika's pleiten voor alternatieven.
Public Debt, Regional Integration and The South Bank
The EU debt crisis foretells a more serious global debt crisis, caused by unlimited growth and the ongoing financial casino. Latin America's emerging financial and regional architecture offers hope for a new type of integration based on solidarity.
Miguel Altieri: On agroecology, and why it is the solution to hunger and food security
Today, a billion people live in hunger. Can we feed the world and achieve economic development while conserving ecosystems and improving the livelihoods of peasants and the rural poor?
Audio: Farmers speak out to defend land sovereignty
Social movement representatives are in Rome this week for the final UN negotiations to adopt voluntary guidelines that would regulate the use and possession of land and other natural resources.
Financial Governance Beyond the Crisis
Dr. Pedro Paez talks about the creation of a new financial architecture in Latin America, based on principles of redistribution, environmental sustainability and social cohesion rather than market principles that dominated the old architecture.
