Month: August 2006
Peru FTA Vote Expected
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee approved of a Free Trade Agreement with Peru 12-7 in a procedural vote last Friday. Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the committee, expects a full vote by September. Senate […]
Wash. Post Compares Obrador to Stalin
The Washington Post is upset with Andres Manuel López Obrador. Because Obrador is demanding a recount in an election with several irregularities (if not cases of fraud), the Post suggests he is Stalinist, anti-democratic and […]
Ecuador: Lucharemos día a día: NO A LA MINERÍA EN INTAG
Oscar Curtid habló en la radio de mano, "Somos unos 50 más o menos reunidos aquí en Junín listos para bajar." Listos, pareció, para bajar al próximo pueblo donde Ascendant Copper tiene trabajadores acampando cerca […]
Colombia: Indigenous rights violated by state forces
A declaration, made as part of the Second Mission in Support of the Kankuamo Indigenous People of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, condemns the repeated violations of international humanitarian laws by the Colombian ‘public […]
Vargas Llosa: A writer’s shame
He said that the Israeli Armed Forces operation in Gaza, "Is completely out of proportion," and that "It shames me to be a friend of Israel." These words don’t come from some "Jew who hates […]