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Coca Farmers Organize (audio/mpeg 2.4MB)
Coca Farmers Organize
Bolivia is one of the top producers of coca leaf, the raw material used to manufacture cocaine. But the coca leaf has been used traditionally in Bolivia for centuries and is used medicinally to relieve the affects of hunger, cold, and altitude and is also a common ingredient in Bolivian tea. The U.S. backed Drug War has declared a campaign of total eradication against the plant. Small farmers producing the leaf are organizing to protect their tradition. Shannon Young re...
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2004 2:54pm PDT
cancun/ wto/ chiapas /sustainability (audio/mpeg 17.7MB)
woman working on sustainable agriculture in chiapas at wto demo in cancun...
Posted: Sun, Sep 28, 2003 12:31pm PDT
Stanford Univ. Protest: Peruvian Imprisonment of Lori Berenson, Human Rights Activist (audio/mpeg 2.1MB)
Peru's president, Alejandro Toledo, is scheduled to present at the Stanford graduation ceremonies this weekend. Over 100 Stanford professors have signed a petition to be presented to Toledo, a Stanford alumn, regarding the unfair trial of Lori Berenson. Lori Berenson's father was interviewed on KPFA's Morning Show yesterday - mp3 attached. Runtime: 9:22...
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2003 4:39am PDT
Manifestación violenta del poder mediático en Mexico (audio/mpeg 3.1MB)
La segunda mayor cadena de televisión toma la justicia entre sus manos mientras el gobierno federal se muestra indeciso en la aplicación de la leyes. 06:41 min...
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 6:10am PST
Liberation Radio News: Antiwar Movement, Surveillance, and Bolivia (audio/x-scpls 0.1KB)
From the unlicensed airwaves of San Francisco, Liberation Radio News for Feb. 3, 2003....
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 4:26am PST
Movilizaciones campesinas en Mexico en contra del TLCAN. (audio/mpeg 2.2MB)
Ante la crisis del trabajo agropecuario el gobierno federal anuncia que se puede dialogar pero no asegura ninguna solución....
Posted: Tue, Jan 7, 2003 2:17pm PST
Bolivian Activist Gabriel Herbas (audio/mpeg 6.4MB)
Interview with Bolivian environmental activist. The website did not accept the full upload previously. Answers in English & Spanish. (20:49)...
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2001 2:08pm PDT
Bolivia in Crisis (audio/mpeg 5.4MB)
Update on Bolivian protests (5:56)...
Posted: Sat, May 5, 2001 7:52pm PDT