Region: Latin America
See also: Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, VenezuelaCounterSpin: Mark Cook on Honduras, Diana Duarte on "Saving the World's Women" (9/11/09)
Extra!: Rerun in Honduras: Coup pretext recycled from Brazil ’64 (September 2009) By
Extra!: Ineffective—Or Illegal and Unjust?: Cuba embargo opposed as well-intentioned mistake (August 2009) By
Extra!: Iran vs. Honduras: The Times’ selective promotion of democracy (August 2009) By and
CounterSpin: Greg Grandin on Honduras coup, Nomi Prins on Madoff verdict (7/3/09) Extra!: Salvador Votes, Media Yawn: No return to the scene of 1980s cheerleading (May 2009) By
Extra!: FAIR Study: Human Rights Coverage Serving Washington’s Needs: FAIR finds editors downplaying Colombia’s abuses, amplifying Venezuela’s (February 2009) By and and
CounterSpin: James Galbraith on financial turmoil, Forrest Hylton on Bolivia crisis (9/19/08) Extra!: Selling the Colombia Trade Pact: Papers spin deal into a ‘no-brainer’ (July/August 2008) By
CounterSpin: Ben Dangl on Bolivian referendum, Kate Sheppard on McCain & environment (5/9/08) Extra!: City of Terror: Painting Paraguay's 'casbah' as terror central (September/ October 2007) By and
Extra!: The Return of Elliott Abrams (September/ October 2007) By
Action Alert: CNN vs. SiCKO (7/11/07)
CounterSpin: Sarah Anderson on Augusto Pinochet, Rafael Olmeda on NBC-Telemundo (12/15/06)
Extra!: Imperial Projection: Fearing Chávez’s carrot, ignoring Bush’s stick (November/December 2006) By
Extra!: The Morales Moral: Defy neoliberalism, face media wrath (July/August 2006) By
Extra!: 20 Stories That Made a Difference: For better or worse (January/February 2006) By
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CounterSpin: Andrew Wetzler on Endangered Species Act, Bob Lederer on Filiberto Ojeda Rios (10/7/05)
CounterSpin: Jim Lobe on Rumsfeld & Latin America, Chad Graham on 20/20 & Matthew Shepard (12/3/04)
Extra!: The FTAA Is None of Your Business: A challenge to democracy (January/February 2003) By
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Links:
All the News That Fits: The New York Times and Colombia, featuring Peter Hart (Drug Reform Coordination Network's The Week Online, 7/21/00).
Framing Colombia's War, by Dennis Hans.
Chiapas Media Project, promoting independent media in the rebellious Mexican state.
Survival International, extensive news and background on the indigenous struggles of Latin America.
Colombia Support Network
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, alternative views on current events in Latin America (and Canada).
Latin America links from NACLA.
Rebelion, periódico electrónico de información alternativa (Spanish).
Resource Center of the Americas, news geared to activism.
School of the Americas Watch
Washington Office on Latin America
The Narco News Bulletin, covering U.S. drug policy in Latin America.
Newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, and US Dependencies, from world-newspapers.com.
New York Times and Washington Post Fail to Do Homework on UNAM Crisis, an analysis from Global Exchange.
