Nearly 46% of the budget is allocated to public education, social development, health care, and the innovative social missions which have improved the poor's access to health care, education, economic stimulus, and food security over the past 5 years.

After the elected President Aristide was overthrown in a coup, UN troops are now occupying Haiti, & under UN supervision, the most popular party, Aristide's Lavalas party, is excluded from elections. Why? So corporate exploitation can proceed unhindered.

Coup regime repression continued on election day. Security forces used water cannons & tear gas to disperse a protest in San Pedro Sula. Beatings, arrests another disappearance were reported. The EU & Latin American countries don't recognise the elections

The U.S. govt supports the rightwing Colombian govt in waging a brutal war against its own population on behalf of corporate interests. The rightwing has killed hundreds of thousands of people, including 2,200 labor unionists & 3,000 leftwing politicians

Hungry tribesmen desperate to feed their families ambush cars on the dirt roads: our guide whispers that three groups of tourists have been robbed at gunpoint here this year.Children roam for half the day carrying yellow plastic containers in search of a

Norway's recently announced 2010 whaling quota is their largest since choosing to defy the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium - effectively a ban - on commercial whaling in 1993. But as Norway take hunting to new levels, so WSPA's defence

The white marlin is so prized that it can sometimes earn fishermen $1 million in tournaments. Look over the mantelpiece at lodges and the homes of fishermen and you might even see one of these lean and mean fish, preserved for eternity.

Bolivian President Evo Morales was re-elected on December 6, with more than 63% of the vote. Evo is Indigenous, and began as a farmer activist. He is now a leader in a peaceful democratic socialist revolution, which is increasing equality in Bolivia.

President Barack Obama arrived in the Norwegian capital on Thursday to accept his Nobel Peace Prize amid criticism he does not deserve the accolade because of his Afghan war build-up and few foreign policy successes.

Armed men are reported to have abducted dozens of students and teachers in the southern Philippines, reports say.