Washington’s Wars and Occupations: Month in Review #63 July 30, 2010 By Francesca Fiorentini, War Times/Tiempo de Guerras It has been a cruel, cruel summer. With the record-breaking heat that has hit the U.S. come other record breakers: *June and July have seen the highest number of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan since the war’s beginning [...]

In the midst of World Cup fever, Argentine female footballers keep their dreams alive By Francesca Fiorentini Patricio Guillamón The World Cup is in full swing and Argentina is wired. This month, Argentines enjoy and suffer each moment their national team graces the stadium, freely opinionate and critique in the down time, and preemptively fantasize [...]

from the newest issue of Left Turn: Continuing Left Turn’s coverage of Latin America, in the following section independent journalist Kristin Bricker will take us into the heart of the Mexican government’s war on its own working class, solidarity activist Lisa Fuller exposes the dirty world of Canadian mining in El Salvador and the powerful [...]

Indigenous March in Buenos Aires by Francesca Fiorentini The Argentimes, May 2010 The afternoon was grey and warm for autumn in Buenos Aires. Many locals were out shopping, having a coffee, or trying to get through the workday, when sounds of music – flutes, bells, drums, and voices – rang through the downtown streets. They [...]

A Second Independence for Argentina by Francesca Fiorentini The Argentimes May, 2010 “We were capable, We are capable.” The slogan has repeated itself on government radio and television adverts throughout Argentina, which is celebrating 200 years since the 25th May revolution that eventually led to the country’s independence on 9th July 1816. The natural question such [...]

DISCLAIMER: Many say a curse is not real unless one believes in it. Therefore as a precaution that the following stories may very well convince you, and in an attempt to save her own hide and those of her readers, this journalist will refrain from using the proper name of the party in question and [...]

by Francesca Fiorentini April 9, 2010, The Argentimes http://www.theargentimes.com/feature/delta-divided-locals-combat-big-real-estate-in-tigre-/ Photo by Patricio Guillamón “El pobre tiene que volar. Ya no hay más campo. Todo country, todo country.” The poor man has to disappear. There is no more countryside. It’s all private neighbourhoods. All private neighbourhoods. They are the words of Sara Espinosa, 94, who lives [...]

With Avatar Poised to Win Big at the Oscars, James Cameron Should Help Some Na’vi Right Here on Earth by Francesca Fiorentini, The Indypendent http://www.indypendent.org/2010/02/26/with-avatar-poised/ With the Oscars upon us, many eyes will be on James Cameron and his sci-fi digital adventure, Avatar, which has already grossed $2.5 billion worldwide. It will win best special [...]

by Francesca Fiorentini They have come from all over Argentina. Some have even come from parts of Paraguay and Brazil. Most have come by bus, many by car or motorcycle, and some by good old fashioned hitchhiking. They have come with their spouses and children, aging parents and grandparents. They have come alone, leaving their [...]

Indigenous Struggles in Latin America by Francesca Fiorentini from the new issue of Left Turn Magazine *Pachamama = Mother Earth in Aymara and Quechua “It is no accident that most of the remaining natural resources are on indigenous land. First the white world destroys their own environment, then they come asking for the last pieces [...]