Month: August 2010
Colombia: Report Suggests “Correlation” between U.S. Aid and Army Killings
(IPS) – “There are alarming links between increased reports of extrajudicial executions of civilians by the Colombian army and units that receive U.S. military financing,” John Lindsay-Poland, lead author of a two-year study on the […]
Transition to a New Government in Oaxaca? Not so Fast!
Winning an election against a party in power for more than eighty years in Oaxaca constituted a triumph for voters and organizers, as well as for the individuals who won offices. But for Gabino Cue […]
Plan Colombia Linked to Increased Military Abuses
Source: NACLA Increases in U.S. military funding have been accompanied by an increase in the number of extrajudicial killings by the Colombian military, according to a report released on July 29 by the Fellowship on […]
Action Alert: San Juan Copala Under Paramilitary Control Following Police Raid
Source: International Cry Two days ago, more than one hundred Oaxaca state troopers raided the autonomous indigenous municipality of San Juan Copala, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The shocking move reveals the extent of the Oaxaca government’s […]
Mexico: San Juan Copala Again Under Fire
Residents of San Juan Copala once again huddle together under fire, pleading for urgent support from national and state governments, as well as the ambassadors of Finland, Germany, and Belgium. Shootings have increased and another indigenous leader has been threatened with death.