Month: April 2007
Immokalee Workers and McDonald’s Reach Agreement
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), and McDonald’s USA, working with McDonald’s produce suppliers, today announced plans to work together to address wages and working conditions for the farmworkers who pick Florida tomatoes. Beginning in […]
Paraguay’s Peculiar Politics
Source: News.Nacla.org "An island surrounded by land" is how novelist Roa Bastos described his native Paraguay, as much in reference to its political and social insularity, as to its landlocked geography. With less than seven […]
Protest for Haitian Refugees in Miami
About 800 Haitians and their supporters rallied in front of of the headquarters of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the corner of 79th Street and Biscayne Boulevard in Miami to demand the […]
Police killing of school teacher sparks protests in Argentina
Argentina’s teachers and trade unions participated in a nationwide strike Monday April 9, to protest police violence against teachers in the Southern province of Neuquen. Teachers led massive marches throughout Argentina today to demand […]
La Nueva Guerra de la Tortilla
¿Por qué se ha incrementado el precio de la tortilla en México? Por tres razones básicas. Primera y más importante, por el acaparamiento y la especulación del maíz blanco por parte de los grandes monopolios […]
Israelis Charged with Terror-Training in Colombia
Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for three Israelis accused of training right-wing death squads in Colombia. Yair Klein, Melnik Ferry and Tzedaka Abraham are accused of giving military training to mercenaries working for […]
Peru’s Garcia Says Bombs Away
Peru’s President Alan Garcia announced this week that his country needs to take a more violent and militaristic approach in the "War on Drugs". Garcia said that the military should launch air strikes and machine-gun […]