Third World Page
The most recent articles and updates:
Haiti Links Loads of information on the
recent coup in Haiti
Information on countries in the Third World:
Angola
U.S. lied about Cuban role
in Africa - historian by Anthony Boadle of the New York Times
Argentina
Did Menem tango with terrorists?
Argentina's flawed courts, corrupt society A COHA analysis of the dangerous links between anti-semitism and corruption in Argentina.
More Argentina Links
Bolivia
Corruption in Bolivia
by José Miguel Fabbri
Brazil
Land Reform From Below. The Landless
Workers Movement in Brazil by Mark S Langevin and Peter Rosset.
Brazil jails peasant massacre officer /
Brazil officer jailed over massacer (May 2002)
Sustainable urban planning
in Santos
Articles about poverty and the struggle
for land reform from 1world media
More Brazil links
Chile
U.S. accused of coverup in Chile. Man missing for 19 years By Kevin G. Hall
China
Chinese village riddled
with AIDS left to die by government / Henan AIDS sufferers win
partial victory following protest / Of related interest: AIDS in Cuba
Colombia
Interview with William Dau How to fight corruption in Cartagena, a city of 1 million inhabitants where more than 50 % of funds are being stolen by corrupt politicians and administrators?
Colombia's cheap war by Adam Isacson
More Colombia links
Costa Rica
Bananas: A danger to human health
and the environment
Cuba
Co-operation Cuba-Japan vaccinates 800,000 Haitian children
David Vs. Goliath: Cuba's Struggle
for Progress and Human Dignity in the Shadow of the Northern Giant Annie Birdsong analyses
Cuba's development throughout the last 100 years. Especially interesting about the land-reform
and other agricultural reforms that have taken place after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Cuba's organic revolution / From
vacant lots to city gardens
The Cuban Integral Health Plan for Central-America /
Cuba
welcomes U.S. med students to free six-year program / Cuba
spreads medical care as political tool/ More on health care in Cuba
Cuba leads
Latin America in primary education, study finds
Who is a terrorist?
by Wayne S. Smith
Environmental
protection comes to Cuba Experts from the USA help Cuba with new legislation - and new ideas.
Free the Five! / Lift the Travel Ban to Cuba
More Cuba Links
Dominican Republic
Welcome Mr. President of the
Dominican Republic COHA reports on the current President's unwillingness to fight corruption and the world
record corruption of his predecessor.
East Timor
Death of a nation. John Pilger on East Timor.
Ecuador
Widespread labor abuse
in banana plantations. Ecuador produces the cheapest bananas in the world. Children age 8-12 who
work 12 hrs/day pay the price. Trade unions are totally
forbidden. Pesticides are spread from air planes while the workers are working on the plant (April 2002).
Guatemala
Losing ground in Guatemala (New York Times, July 20, 2002)
Guatemala 1962 to 1980s. A less
publicized "final solution" by William Blum
More Guatemala links
Haiti
U.S.'s frivolous Haiti policy invites catastrophe
More Haiti Links
Honduras
Corrupt Honduras Government Still Better Than Guatemala
and Nicaragua
Honduran Page (My own page about Honduras)
Cardinal Rodríguez: "Corruption is the root of all
our problems"
Outrage over death of campesinos In March 2002 the
Standard Fruit (Dole) Company murdered three farmworkers. The Honduran parliament
will investigate into the case.
A land invasion in Honduras
Honduran Doctor Says He Found Cure for Arthritis
Indonesia
The CIA involvment in the massacre 1965 that killed 1,000,000 people by John Pilger
Mexico
Welfare and well-being in
modern Mexico by David Barkin, professor of economics. A detailed description of the horrors
caused by neoliberal politics in Mexico. Interesting suggestions for an alternative development
model.
NAFTA: Are we better off because
of it? The results of the 1994 agreement have not been so good as expected for Mexico: Real wages have
fallen 27%, unemployment has doubled and the environmental effects have been disastrous. Nick Campolo
explains why, using economic theory as a background.
Understanding Chiapas
by Peter Rosset and Shea Cunningham.
Chiapas Watch Fresh news updates from Chiapas.
Survey reports how much money
goes to Mexican officials in bribes /
For many in Mexico, bribes a way of life
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan ex-leader under house arrest
Defender of indegenous people fear for her life after murder of her husband Maria Luisa Acosta defends the indigenous people of Nicaragua against U.S. businessman Peter Tsoko who struggles to get their properties and sell it on the web.
Abusive expenditure of state money by ex-president Alemán condemned The ex-president and now president of the national assembly spent 1,8 million dollars of state money on jewelry for his girl-friend, to pay for visits in nightclubs, artisanry, liquers, computers etcetera (June 2002).
More about Nicaragua
Panama
Panama corruption scandal reads
like a mix of thriller
Peru
Peru does not like it's "Cholo"
By Orlando Contreras (June 2002)
The Philippines
Land Reform Through Tax Reform by Mason Gaffney. An excellent survey of the Philippines' economic development after World War II.
Singapore
South Africa
Free Ann Eveleth and stop state repression Journalist imprisoned for having written about the situation of the poor and landless (August 2002)
More South Africa Links
Taiwan
Taiwan: Past and
Present Robert Elegant describes this exciting country that has developed from oppression
and poverty into a modern industrial state. Especially interesting is his description of the USA-supported
land-reform that lay the foundation for this development.
USA
Cuba
hospitality: U.S. minorities take Castro up on offer for free med school
Who
won that election? BBC News reports on champagne politics and a stolen election.
Venezuela
Why are the coup plotters so impatient? (13 December 2002)
How Venezuela's hate media incited the failded coup against the president
Media accused in failed coup
Venezuela: Not a Banana-Oil Republic after All
Venezuela coup linked to
Bush team Specialists in the 'dirty wars' of the Eighties encouraged the plotters who tried to
topple president Chavez.
More Venezuela Links
Vietnam
Vietnam: The Last Battle. An excellent report
by John Pilger.
Third World Generally
Like water on stone Edwin Lyle reviews the book by Jonathan Power
Anger greets
increased US farms subsidies. This is a sad day for poor farmers in the third world,
says World Bank representative (May 2002).
IMF:s four steps
to damnation. How crises, failures and suffering finally drove a presidential adviser
to the wrong side of the barricades by Gregory Palast.
Small is bountiful Peter Rosset
explains why small farms are crucial in the struggle against poverty. /
The case for small farms
Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle
of the 21st Century by J.W. Smith. An interesting selection of excerpts from the book.
Latin America Generally
Radio Progreso Excellent Miami-based webpage with weekly
updates with news and analysis on Latinamerica.
COHA on Latin America Excellent analyses on the situation in the region. Regularly updated.
Probidad Excellent page with reports on corruption in Latin America in English and Spanish.
Bush's decision
to bring back Otto Reich exposes the hypocricy of the war against terror by Duncan Campbell
Faces of Latin America. Presentation of a
really good book.
