California’s most powerful business interests have positioned themselves to pull off the most brazen water heist in American history, seizing control over much of Northern California’s water supplies and turn water into a private asset.  Westlands Water District is trying to control the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by selling the public on an aqueduct system called the [...]

On March 15, 2009 Mauricio Funes won the presidential election in El Salvador.  He was the candidate from the Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (Farabundo Marti for National Liberation), FMLN, left wing party. A few days before the election a U.S. House Republican representative, Dana Rohrabacher(CA) said, “El Salvador’s election is on Sunday. If [...]

On June 5, 2009 World Environment Day, Peruvian Amazon Indians were massacred by the government of Alan Garcia in the latest chapter of a long war to take over common lands—a war unleashed by the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the United States. Three MI-17 helicopters took off from the [...]

Student Researcher: Nick Carelli Faculty Instructor: Christina M. Knopf, Ph.D. Evaluator: Trista Lang, Canadian Nurse in Central America & Rights Action member Goldcorp Inc. mining company is demonstrating North American mining industry’s socially and environmentally destructive practices throughout the hemisphere. Goldcorp, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, is stationed in Vancouver, B.C., with [...]