[With Peña Nieto's election marred by media bias and voter fraud, Mexico's ailing economy is hobbled by democratic deficit.]

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[A group of British-based writers, MPs and activists have published a letter slamming the “political coup” in Paraguay.]

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[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.]

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

[The Guasú Front, which was the driving force behind the 2008 electoral triumph of President Fernando Lugo, and a broad spectrum of other social and political movements agreed to form the Front for Defense of Democracy (FDD), which "rejects and condemns the putschist government of Federico Franco" and calls upon people "to defend the democratic process and institutional framework of the Republic by permanent mobilization." With that purpose, the FDD told us, a plan of struggle will be worked out, under Guasu Front Secretary General Ricardo Canese as FDD's spokesperson. See below the FDD's first communiqué, reproduced here for its significance. Read the original Spanish version here.]

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[This hasty, trumped-up impeachment of President Lugo amounts to a coup d'etat. The US must back democratic process.]

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[The WikiLeaks founder is motivated by one thing: a desire to avoid extradition to the U.S. Can anyone blame him?]

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[Rather than aiming their fire on a supposed “new model of domination”, leftists would do better to focus on the real enemies we and the Ecuadorian people face in common. Ecuador’s fate is intertwined with our fight against Western governments and corporations at home.]

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[The recent visit by US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to three South American countries, and the installation of a Southern Command base in Concón, Chile, show the deepening of the military presence of the Pentagon in the region.]

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[Social movements are protesting over plans to push ahead with hydroelectric dams along the Tapajós river in Brazil.]

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[The War on Drugs is becoming another “Dirty War” in Mexico, with the tactic of enforced disappearances reappearing as a commonplace occurrence in the country.]

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