Category Archives: Labor in Latin America

McDonald’s, Labor, and Brazil

Posted on August 21, 2015 by

McDonald’s has been in the news this year in the US as workers have mobilized to demand a livable wage, just one area (alongside health issues) where the company faces criticism. But McDonald’s is not just the target of critiques in … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Food, Human Rights Issues, Labor in Latin America, Multinational Corporations in the Americas | 1 Comment

Around Latin America

Posted on November 30, 2013 by

–Dozens of Haitians are dead after the boat they were traveling on capsized as they sought to seek refuge and a new start in the wake of recent tensions and violence in the Dominican Republic. -For those who missed it, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 World Cup, Around Latin America, Border Issues, Brazil, Corruption, Cuba, Gender and Sexuality, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Indigenous Peoples, International Relations, Labor in Latin America, Land Struggles & Issues, Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America, Social Movements, Sports in Latin America

On the Farmers’ Strike in Colombia (Guest Post)

Posted on September 13, 2013 by

The following is a guest-post from John Garrison Marks. John is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Rice University, studying race and freedom in the urban black Atlantic World. He is currently living in Bogotá, Colombia, conducting dissertation … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict in the Americas, Colombia, Labor in Latin America, Land Reform, Land Struggles & Issues, Protests in Latin America, Strikes

Around Latin America

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

-Yesterday, Chile marked the fortieth anniversary of the coup that overthrew democratically-elected president Salvador Allende and ushered in the 17-year military dictatorship that killed over 3000 people and tortured tens of thousands. Even while the date was commemorated, the search … Continue reading →

Posted in Argentina, Argentina's Military Dictatorship (1976-1983), Around Latin America, Augusto Pinochet, Brazil, Chile, Coups in Latin America, Cuba, Guatemala, Guatemala's Civil War, Guerrilla Movements in Latin America, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, Labor in Latin America, Multinational Corporations in the Americas, Protests in Latin America, Racism, Strikes, The "Disappeared", Torture, United States

Today in Frightful Protest Tactics

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

Yikes:  A woman in Paraguay has climbed onto a wooden cross and had nails pounded through her hands, joining five men in a crucifixion protest that has already lasted 20 days. Bus driver Juan Villalba is leading the demonstration to … Continue reading →

Posted in Inequalities in the Americas, Labor in Latin America, Paraguay, Protests in Latin America

Around Latin America

Posted on August 25, 2013 by

-In spite of a recent attack that left 13 Colombian soldiers dead, peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC continue, in an attempt to end civil war and conflict that has lasted nearly 50 years and left tens … Continue reading →

Posted in Augusto Pinochet, Brazil, Chile, Civil Conflict in the Americas, Colombia, Corruption, Ecuador, Education in the Americas, Educational Reforms, El Salvador, Environmental Issues in the Americas, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionárias de Colombia (FARC), Futebol (Soccer), Human Rights Issues, Labor in Latin America, Legal Issues in Latin America, Mexico, National Parks, Oil in the Americas, Peru, Prisoners' Rights, Protests in Latin America, Social Movements, Sports in Latin America, Technology in the Americas, The Amazon, Women's Movements & Issues, Women's Rights

Get to Know a Brazilian – José Ibrahim

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

One of the key moments in diplomatic history and in Brazilian history was the 1969 kidnapping of US ambassador Charles Elbrick. Living in the midst of a repressive dictatorship, a handful of students involved in the Revolutionary Movement October 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Get to Know a Brazilian, Labor in Latin America, Latin American History, Strikes, Unions | 1 Comment

Around Latin America

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

  -Though the higher-profile case, the conviction of Guatemala’s Efraín Ríos Montt was not the only triumph for human rights and justice last week. In Uruguay, General Miguel Dalmao was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in the murder of … Continue reading →

Posted in Around Latin America, Brazil, Catholicism in the Americas, Colombia, Cuba, Economics in the Americas, Gender and Sexuality, Haiti, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights Violations, Indigenous Peoples, Labor in Latin America, LGBT Rights & Issues, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Strikes, Uruguay, Uruguay's Military Dictatorship (1973-1985)

RIP – José Ibrahim

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

José Ibrahim, a labor leader who was arrested for challenging Brazil’s military dictatorship in 1968 and who was the only labor leader to be released in 1969 in exchange for the US ambassador, has passed away at the age of … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Brazil, Brazil's Military Dictatorship, Deaths, Labor in Latin America | 1 Comment

Today in Out-of-Touch Plutocrats

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has long been a polarizing character. His working-class background and his political successes bring out an often-irrational hatred and vituperative declarations from the urban middle- and upper-classes, who see the former-union-leader-made-successful-president as … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil, Class and Classism in the Americas, Inequalities in the Americas, Labor in Latin America, Latin American Media