May 05, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Publications]
	Jalisco’s Revolution: An alternative development model to keep people home -- Jalisco, Mexico—The barren cornfields appear startled absent the hands that have tilled it for thousands of years. In the little rancho of Ojo de Agua, hidden in the mountains northeast of Guadalajara, Maria points with pride at the Virgin Mary holograms on her adobe wall, gifts from her four sons now working as busboys in Los Angeles.
May 05, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Publications]
	Is Cuba at a turning point, or are we? -- So what is changing in Cuba, and what are the forces behind it? And given the impending U.S. elections, what will change mean for relations between the two nations, and for the possibilities of lifting the travel ban?
May 05, 2008 Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	The Bush Administration Has Put Its Proposal to Militarize Mexico into the Upcoming Iraq Supplemental Bill -- On Oct. 22, 2007 President Bush announced the $1.4 billion dollar "Merida Initiative," security aid package to Mexico and Central America. The initiative has fatal flaws in its strategy; instead of leading to a stable binational relationship and peaceful border communities, its military approach will escalate drug-related violence and human rights abuses.
May 02, 2008 Huffington Post [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Two Years After the Big Immigrants Rights Marches, Where Do Things Stand? -- On May 1, 2006 millions of immigrants and their supporters took to the streets in 140 cities in 39 states across the United States as part of a wave of mass marches that spring in repudiation of extreme anti-immigrant legislation, passed by Republicans in the House of Representatives.
May 01, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Press Room]
	Freedom From Oil Campaigners Crash GM CEO’s Speech at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club -- SAN FRANCISCO–Activists with the Freedom From Oil Campaign interrupted General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner’s speech on green cars today at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, urging him to sign a pledge to make his company the auto industry’s fuel efficiency leader by 2012. Wagoner refused, just as he did at the 2006 Los Angeles auto show when asked to sign a similar fuel efficiency pledge.
May 01, 2008 SOLAR TODAY [The Latest News > In the News]
	Changing the World, One Campus at a Time -- Driven by an urgent desire to be part of the climate change solution, the generation that first taught its parents how to recycle is leading a revolution. Savvy and skilled in social networking and communications, young people are demanding a transition from polluting conventional energy to the new, renewable energy economy.
May 01, 2008 USA Today [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	North American trade deal has not helped Mexico's poor -- The spirited defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement by President Bush and his Mexican counterpart in New Orleans recently ignored an inconvenient fact — the annual number of undocumented immigrants arriving in the USA from Mexico has risen dramatically since that trade agreement's inception
April 29, 2008 John Ross [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Bad Jazz Abounds in New Orleans as Three NAFTA Leaders Huddle for the Last Time -- NEW ORLEANS (April 29th) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon was not having a good day. His plan to arrive in New Orleans for the NAFTA Summit April 21st-22nd with a freshly minted law privatizing Mexico's oil industry in his pocket had been foiled by the opposition's takeover of congress.
April 25, 2008 ACN Cuban News Agency [Regions > Americas > Cuba]
	Nancy Pelosi Says US Blockade of Cuba Should be Lifted -- Havana, April 25 (acn) The speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said the US economic blockade of Cuba “has failed and should be lifted.”
April 25, 2008 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Cuba]
	Cuban reforms create goodwill -- Hundreds of Cubans have been learning a whole new vocabulary over the past few weeks.
April 24, 2008 BBC News [Regions > Middle East & Central Asia > Palestine]
	Fuel crisis halts Gaza food aid -- The United Nations says it has had to halt food distribution in the Gaza Strip because it has run out of fuel.
April 24, 2008 BBC News [Regions > Americas > Bolivia]
	LatAm leaders reject Bolivia bid -- Leaders from four Latin American countries have rejected a controversial autonomy bid by a region of Bolivia.
April 23, 2008 The New York Times [Regions > Americas > Colombia]
	Pelosi Ties Colombia Deal to New Growth Bill -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration and Congress need to agree on new legislation to create jobs and boost domestic economic growth before lawmakers can approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday.
April 22, 2008 BBC News [War, Peace & Democracy > Freedom from Oil]
	Leaders warn on biofuels and food -- Two Latin American leaders have issued warnings about the effects of biofuel production on food supplies.
April 22, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Press Room]
	Earth Day Filled with Carbon Emissions Thanks to Bush and Auto Industry -- Let's be clear: with this proposal, the Bush Administration is cowing to the influence of the auto industry rather than protecting the interests and health of the American people.
April 22, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Press Room]
	With Abusive Child Labor Still a Threat to Shareholder Value -- San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange and Harrington Investments, today presented a resolution to create a board-level human rights committee at the Hershey’s Corporation.
April 22, 2008 Huffington Post [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Time to Renegotiate NAFTA, Not Expand It -- When President Bush meets his counterparts Felipe Calderon of Mexico and Stephen Harper of Canada in New Orleans this week for the fourth summit of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), NAFTA itself will not be on the agenda.
April 21, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Press Room]
	Statement on the Security & Prosperity Summit in New Orleans -- President Bush is meeting this week with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts for the fourth summit of the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), which has become known as ‘NAFTA-plus’. Rather than tackle problems that have roots in the NAFTA model—including growing income gaps and worker insecurity in all three countries, as well as dramatically accelerated migration from Mexico to the United States—these leaders hope to quietly extend its reach.
April 20, 2008 Truthout [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	In Mississippi, Work Is Now a Felony for Undocumented Immigrants -- Jackson, MS - On March 17, Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour signed into law the farthest-reaching employer sanctions law of any on the books in the U.S. Employer sanctions is a shorthand name for laws that prohibit employers from hiring immigrants who don't have legal immigration status in the U.S.
April 19, 2008 The New York Times [Regions > Brazil]
	With Guns and Fines, Brazil Takes On Loggers -- This is Operation Arc of Fire, the Brazilian government’s tough campaign to deter illegal destruction of the Amazon forest.
April 18, 2008 The Washington Post [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Mexicans Get Less Aid From Migrants -- LO DE LUNA, Mexico -- The effects of the subprime mortgage crisis and the downturn in the U.S. economy have cascaded into Mexico, causing a sudden, precipitous drop in the flow of money sent home by Mexican immigrants and highlighting this country's dependence on its wealthier northern neighbor.
April 17, 2008 Global Exchange [The Latest News > Press Room]
	The Future's Getting Restless: -- Lansing, Mi – On Thursday, April 17, 2008, the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition and Global Exchange held a day of action at the state capitol in Lansing, Mi to push for strong renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation.
April 17, 2008 Environment News Service [The Global Economy]
	Seattle's First Green Festival Proves Popular -- Global Exchange Co-Founder Kevin Danaher said, "With something for everyone, the green in Green Festival encompasses it all - environmental and community health, social and economic justice, fair trade, education and inspiration."
April 16, 2008 The New York Times [War, Peace & Democracy > Freedom from Oil]
	Bush proposes new climate change strategy -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush called for a halt Wednesday in the growth of greenhouse gases by 2025, acknowledging the need to head off serious climate change.
April 15, 2008 BBC News [Regions > Brazil]
	Brazil in 'major oil field' find -- Brazil has discovered what could be the third biggest oil reserve in the world, according to the head of the country's National Petroleum Agency.
April 14, 2008 BBC News [War, Peace & Democracy > Freedom from Oil]
	China 'now top carbon polluter' -- China has already overtaken the US as the world's "biggest polluter", a report to be published next month says.
April 14, 2008 BBC News [War, Peace & Democracy > Freedom from Oil]
	Pneumonia 'linked' to pollution -- High levels of pollution may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people in England from pneumonia in recent years, a study suggests.
April 14, 2008 OneWorld US [Regions > Americas > Mexico]
	Rights Groups Applaud Trade Deal's Tabling -- SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia.
April 14, 2008 PR Newswire [The Global Economy]
	Environmental Concern Changing Consumers' Lives and Buying Habits -- NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Concern about the environment and global warming is not only influencing how consumers live their lives, but also impacting their buying habits.
April 13, 2008 Los Angeles Times [Regions > Americas > Ecuador]
	Amazon activists win Goldman Environmental Prize -- Two Ecuadoreans pursued legal action against Texaco and then Chevron over what they said was massive oil contamination.