It took Bolivia 470 years after the Spanish conquest for an indigenous person to return to govern its territory. In that period of nearly five centuries, what has happened in this country and in this continent? What is happening now? The answer to the latter question is that something has awoken, something that resembles the light of a new dawn. For many people in the continents of the Americas the election of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia represents further testimony that the geopolitical development of Latin America is heading in a new direction. [continues 1071 words]
The Truth About North America's Greatest Drug Problem. Ritalin. On any given day in North America, almost five million kids will take a powerful psychostimulant drug. The geographical caveat is important: more kids in North America are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and given drugs like Ritalin to "help" them behave than in the rest of the world combined. In fact, the US and Canada account for a startling 95 percent of worldwide Ritalin consumption. In the midst of this drug epidemic, April 2001 appeared to signal a backlash. Two television magazines, PBS's Frontline and A&E's Investigative Reports, pondered the massive increase in use, as did a five-part series in Canada's National Post newspaper. [continues 710 words]
