Year: 2009

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The 2009 El Salvador Elections: Between Crisis and Change

January 22, 2009 Various Authors 0

The new in-depth report, "The 2009 El Salvador Elections: Between Crisis and Change," by CISPES, NACLA, and Upside Down World reflects on El Salvador’s current situation as well as the possibilities and challenges ahead at this pivotal moment for the nation’s future. The leftist FMLN party currently holds a double-digit lead in the presidential election to be held on March 15. An FMLN victory would end 20 years of one-party rule by the main right-wing party.

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Spilling Ink Instead of Blood: Bolivia Poised to Vote on New Constitution

January 22, 2009 Benjamin Dangl 0

Dozens of marches and rallies in support of Bolivia’s new constitution, to be voted on this Sunday, have filled the streets of La Paz in recent days. On Tuesday, at a rally for the constitution and to celebrate Venezuela’s donation of 300 tons of asphalt to the city of La Paz, President Evo Morales took the stage, covered in confetti and with a coca leaf wreath around his neck. The crowd cheered and waved signs, one of them saying, "Thanks for the asphalt and the progress." […]

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Ecuador: Mining Protests Marginalized, But Growing

January 21, 2009 Jennifer Moore 0

On Tuesday, nation-wide protests over large scale metal mining called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) demonstrated growing, broad-based participation. Roughly 12,000 people from indigenous, environmentalist, human rights, campesino and rural water organizations participated in diverse actions across eleven provinces of the small Andean nation. […]

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Ask the Ecuadorian Government to Protect Human Rights During Upcoming Anti-Mining Demonstration

January 18, 2009 The Ecuador Solidarity Network 0

The Ecuador Solidarity Network, an organization based in Canada and the United States, is joining human rights and indigenous peoples organizations in calling on President Rafael Correa to respect human rights during nation wide protests against large-scale mining that will begin on Monday January 19th. The protests will spread from the Amazon and reach Quito, Ecuador’s capital, on January 20th. […]

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