Month: June 2007
Copper Strike Rattles Chile
Thousands of Chileans clashed with police, blocked roads and set fire to buses on Monday to protest Chile’s state-owned mining company Codelco. "We are going to intensify the strike," said Cristian Cuevas, a spokesman for […]
Haitian Refugees Suffer in the Dominican Republic
A refugee organization called on the U.N. and the Dominican government to do more to ensure that Haitian Refugees’ human rights are protected in the Dominican Republic. Blot Jean Ederme, president of Committee of Recognized […]
Paraguay: Campesino desaparecido en manos de la Policía en Vaquería, Caaguazú
El Movimiento Agrario y Popular (MAP), se dirige a la opinión pública nacional e internacional, para denunciar el secuestro y desaparición del compañero Perfecto Irala, dirigente de base, del Movimiento Agrario y Popular, de la […]
Paraguay: Disappeared Campesino in Hands of Police
On June 25th community leader of the campesino organisation MAP (Movimiento Agrario y Popular) disappeared from the community of Pariri in Paraguay. According to witnesses, Perfecto Irala, was kidnapped by an official of the National […]
SOA/ WHINSEC Survives in Congress by 6 Vote Margin
203:214 = SOA/WHINSEC Survives Vote in Congress by a 6 Vote Margin Last night at 11:52 PM, Congress defeated the McGovern/Lewis amendment to cut the funding for the SOA/WHINSEC by a margin of six votes. […]