Cristobal, I urge you to check out <http://mrzine.org> (which I edit). It's still new (we began it on July 14), but we've already published some decidedly pro-Latin American articles and images.
Gloria Rudolf, "Selections from the Panama Journals of Anthropologist GR": <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/rudolf140705.html> Tom Crumpacker, "On the Uses of State Terrorism": <http:// mrzine.monthlyreview.org/crumpacker170705.html> Kim Scipes, "Free Labor from the Empire: Breaking the NED-Solidarity Center Connection": <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/scipes190705.html> Richard D. Vogel, "Border Vigilantes and Mass Migration": <http:// mrzine.monthlyreview.org/vogel220705.html>
On July 19, the homepage memorialized the Sandinistas: <http:// mrzine.monthlyreview.org/index190705.html>. You can see an image of Sandino at its center, linked to <http://www.fsln.org.ni/musica/ pueblounido.mp3>.
On July 24, the homepage was adorned with Simon Bolivar's visage, in honor of el Libertador's birthday: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ index240705.html>.
On July 26, the homepage commemorated the July 26 movement with a photograph of Che and Castro: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ index260705.html>.
On July 28, the homepage celebrated el presidente Hugo Chavez's birthday, with a photograph of his beaming face with a portrait of Simon Bolivar in the background: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ index280705.html>. On that day, we also published an excerpt from Michael A. Lebowitz's talk "Socialism Doesn't Drop from the Sky," presented to the National Conference of Revolutionary Students for the Construction of Socialism of the XXI Century in Merida, Venezuela on 24 July 2005: <http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ lebowitz280705.html>. In it, Lebowitz says:
<blockquote>I suggest, in fact, that many lessons of the 20th Century have been learned and are embodied in the Bolivarian Constitution. In Article 299's emphasis upon "ensuring overall human development," in the declaration of Article 20 that "everyone has the right to the free development of his or her own personality," in the focus of Article 102 upon "developing the creative potential of every human being and the full exercise of his or her personality in a democratic society," in Article 62's declaration that participation by people is "the necessary way of achieving the involvement to ensure their complete development, both individual and collective," in the identification of democratic planning and participatory budgeting at all levels of society and the focus in Article 70 upon "self- management, co-management, cooperatives in all forms" as examples of "forms of association guided by the values of mutual cooperation and solidarity," and in the obligations noted in Article 135 which. "by virtue of solidarity, social responsibility and humanitarian assistance, are incumbent upon private individuals according to their abilities" -- the elements of a Socialism of the 21st Century are there in ideal form. The struggle now is to make them a reality.
<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/lebowitz280705.html></blockquote>
And more will come in the near future:
Chesa Boudin's "Heading North, Looking South: Reflections on a Year in Venezuela" (to be published on August 7, when the World Youth Festival begins in Venezuela -- I'll publish at least one report on the Festival, too).
Louise Auerhahn's "Are You a Chavista?"
Richard D. Vogel's "Stolen Birthright: The U. S. Conquest and Exploitation of the Mexican People" (a long article, to be published in six installments)
Mark Major, "The Sandinista Revolution and the 'Fifth Freedom'"
Excerpts from Espejos y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows, a collection of oral histories of Mexican farm workers and their families.
Peter McLaren's photo journal of his recent experiences in Venezuela.
Etc.
<http://mrzine.org> is a new venture launched by Monthly Review (the longest-standing independent US socialist publication) <http:// monthlyreview.org>, which has numerous articles about Latin America in its archive. In September, Monthly Review Press will publish Marta Harnecker’s interviews with Hugo Chavez: Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez Talks to Marta Harnecker (Trans. Chesa Boudin, <http://www.monthlyreview.org/ venezuelanrevolution.htm>). Some examples of other books on Latin America published by Monthly Review Press are here: <http:// www.monthlyreview.org/bkslatinam.htm>.
If you enjoy writing about any aspect of Latin America, please consider submitting your article to me.
Yoshie Furuhashi <http://montages.blogspot.com> <http://monthlyreview.org> <http://mrzine.org> * Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/mahmoud- ahmadinejads-face.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/chvez- congratulates-ahmadinejad.html>; <http://montages.blogspot.com/ 2005/06/iranian-working-class-rejects.html>