[Lasnetmail] UpsideDownWorld: Oil Adventures in Ecuador; Banana Worker Union Leader Assassinated in Guatemala; Presidential Elections in Argentina; Bomb Explodes at Venezuelan Consulate in Bolivia and More

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UpsideDownWorld: Oil Adventures in Ecuador;Banana Worker Union Leader Assassinated in Guatemala;Presidential Elections in Argentina;Bomb Explodes at Venezuelan Consulate in Bolivia and More


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Featured Articles

Destruction and Corruption: The Jungle Adventures of an Oil Company in Ecuador
Written by Agneta Enstrom
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/973/1/ 

Guatemala: Banana Workers Union Leader Assassinated
Written by Kimberly Kern
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/971/1/ 

Argentina's Presidential Elections: Pragmatism, Changes, and Continuity
Written by Diego González
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/966/1/ 

Elections in Argentina: Cristina's Low-Income Voter Support Base
Written by Marcela Valente
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/964/1/ 

Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code
Written by Chris Arsenault
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/con
tent/view/963/1/

News, Action and Analysis

Bomb Explodes at Venezuelan Consulate in Bolivia
Written by Kiraz Janicke
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/974/68/ 

Lessons from Argentina: Economic Policy in Argentina's High-Growth Recovery
Written by CEPR
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/967/68/

CALL TO ACTION: Protest the visit of the Colombian Ambassador to the US at Brown University
Written by Jake Hess
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/965/68/ 

Cuba: Women, Local Elections and People's Power
Written by Patricia Grogg
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/962/68/ 

Paraguay: Environmentalists Up in Arms Over Mega-Port
Written by David Vargas
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/961/68/ 

En Español

Elecciones Argentina: Una herencia exigente
Written by Marcela Valente
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/976/68/ 

EEUU-Cuba: Bush ataca de nuevo y reafirma bloqueo
Written by Jim Lobe
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/975/68/ 

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