[Eight Latin American and Caribbean countries—led by Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia—are working to build the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), a regional initiative designed to promote new, nonmarket-shaped structures and patterns of economic cooperation.]

[We can learn from the Bolivian experiences of working in and against the state.]

[As more and more documents become available from Wikileaks, the public has gotten a novel and close up view of U.S. diplomats and their operations abroad. When reviewing heretofore secret documents dealing with Latin America, the picture that emerges isn’t too flattering.]

[Lucía Alvarez de Toledo is the author of 'The Story of Che Guevara', a new biography about Che Guevara. Born in Buenos Aires, she has been researching Che Guevara’s life for the past fifteen years and has read everything that has been written by and about Guevara in four languages. Alborada.net talked to Lucía to find out more about her new book.]

[The story of the manipulation of Latin America by the United States over the past 50 years (with English subtitles). To watch a version with Spanish subtitles click here.]

The War On Democracy (English subtitles) from John Pilger on Vimeo.

Alborada e-news: November 2010

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Welcome to the November 2010 Alborada e-news. Our e-news will inform you about our activities, as well as the latest information related to Latin America.

[Venezuelan grassroots community activist Joel Linares explains the origins and effects of the 1989 'Caracazo' uprising against neoliberalism in Venezuela. This is an excerpt taken from 'Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela' (Alborada Films, 2009). Joel will be speaking the in UK in November/December 2010 - more info here.]

[The examples Dangl puts forth in Dancing with Dynamite of popular politicians and movement leaders essentially selling out and going soft time after time is a somewhat depressing drumbeat. But he sees the rise of leftist, popular governments in Latin America overall as a promising and unstoppable trend wherein the path may not be straight but will ultimately lead to greater democracy and human dignity.]

[UK-based DJ Cal Jader offers a mix of Brazilian music]

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Cal Jader Presents Roots Brazil Soundclash by Movimientos on Mixcloud

[In both the media’s coverage of the miners’ plight in Chile and of Piñera’s European visit, there has been little attempt to examine why the accident occurred in the first place or to look at the wider context in which it happened.]