15 Synthesis/Regeneration Winter 1998

GREENS IN LATIN AMERICA

Chilean Green Rosa Moreno explains that Latin America has been compelled to surrender its resources to northern countries.

Diego Torres Peñaloza describes the response of Green Power to terrible social conditions and extreme poverty.

Carla Rabelo chronicles the growth of Brazilian Greens since their 1986 formation by ecologists, artists, intellectuals & anti-nuke activists.

Don Fitz reports the election which gave Mexican Greens over a million votes and the first federal senator in the western hemisphere.

Mabel Portillo wants to replace Uruguay's hierarchical government with federalist structure.

Martha Cecilia Burgos strives to overcome neoliberal policies which undermine Ecuador's environment.

Greens from around the world propose solutions for destabilization of the planetary climate.

Sue Miles says proportional representation may not offer a tremendous advantage to Greens.

Franz Floss & Torleif Johnsen demand an immediate halt to the secret importation and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines.

e b bortz argues that obstacles to an environmental revolution lie in our own weaknesses in the political arena.

Don Fitz explains that state Green Parties are now the unit of representation of The Greens/Green Party USA.

Steve Hill feels proportional representation is the life-blood of Green Parties.

Letters from Mitchel Cohen, Patrick Mazza, Dean Myerson & Eugene Carrington propose organizational strategies.

Beth Burrows foresees patents leading to devastation of local industries and importation of high-cost products for developing countries.

Ben Lilliston & Ronnie Cummins expect the federal government to allow some genetically engineered food to be labeled "organic."

Billy Stern says the Cove/Mallard timber sale reflects the Forest Service's failing land use policies.

Danna Smith notes that accelerated clearcutting impacts water quality and wildlife habitat.

Alexandra Morton surmises that corporate aquaculture leads to toxic algae blooms and fish disease.

Jack Cohen-Joppa asks if an appeal to international law can help bring about nuclear disarmament.

Mitchel Cohen has a low opinion of nuclear waste being "recycled" into weapons.

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