In Seattle, November of '99, the World Trade Organization, a virtually unknown institution to most people was the star attraction in the media for several days. However, the mobilization of protest demonstrations against international institutions didn't start in Seattle. There were demon...

At the beginning of this century only 12% of the world's population lived in urban areas. Half-way through the century that number increased to 30% percent and will reach 50% as we enter the next Century. By 2005, for the first time in the history of the world, more people will live in and around c...

Life in Latin America during the twentieth century was a far cry from the life that we were accustomed to. Many of her countries were and still are devastated by poverty and corruption in government. There are two people with unique yet similar life stories that help to illustrate the sa...