2011 – Page 38 – Upside Down World

From the Lacandon Jungle to the CPR-Salvador Fajardo: Settlements of the Displaced

April 12, 2011 Emma Volonté, Translation by Alex Cachinero-Gorman 0

“The CPRs [Communities of Popular Resistance] exist because the army has forced us to resist. We carry with us the scraps of bombs and bullets that you tried to kill us with. (…)You know very well that we are not guerrillas, but rather peasants, civilians… The Constitution gives us the right to resist when you place yourself above the reproach of civil society, when you persecute us, when you kidnap us illegally, when you have poisoned our rivers and tried to kill us by starvation.” ~ Message to the Guatemalan Army from the CPRs.

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An Inconvenient Truth in Honduras

April 8, 2011 Rodolfo Pastor Campos 0

At the same time that the police and the Honduran army were brutally repressing popular protests of teachers, students, and resistance members for the sixth day in a row, Julissa Reynoso was greeting Honduran President Porfirio Lobo at the presidential palace. According to the press release issued by the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Reynoso was there to recognize President Lobo’s achievements regarding national reconciliation, human rights, and the return to democracy in Honduras.

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Action Alert! Mexican Congress Rushes to Pass Regressive Labor Law

April 8, 2011 USLEAP 0

The Mexican Congress is moving quickly to consider regressive labor law changes that would further undermine rights for workers. The proposal is on a fast-track and could be voted on before the end of April. […]

De la Lacandona a la CPR-Salvador Fajardo: Los Desplazados Guatemaltecos Se Asentan

April 7, 2011 Emma Volonté 0

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U.S.-Colombia Deal on Labor Rights Met with Scepticism

April 7, 2011 Aprille Muscara 0

(IPS) – On the eve of a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos here on Thursday, the White House announced that a deal has been reached on key labour […]

CONAIE Accuses Ecuador’s Government of ‘Ethnocide’ Against Uncontacted Tribes

April 7, 2011 Survival International 0

Ecuador’s largest indigenous organization has launched an unprecedented legal attack against the government, accusing it of ‘ethnocide’ against uncontacted tribes. CONAIE, The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, announced it will target President Rafael Correa, […]

Cooperatives in Venezuela Promote Solidarity, Equality and Dignity

April 7, 2011 Radio al Reves 0

The social program, Mision Vuelvan Caras, was created in 2004 as a government initiative which promoted the formation of cooperatives, small-scale worker-owned and managed businesses. The state provided credits for capital investment, tax breaks, contracts and incentives for cooperatives, and intensive free-of-charge job training and administrative support.

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Peru’s Presidential Elections: Campaigning a World Away From Reality

April 6, 2011 Fionuala Cregan 0

General elections are to take place in Peru on Sunday, April 10th. While the media and the majority of the Presidential candidates avoid serious debate and try to continue with “business as usual”, voters in Peru look set to express their desire for change as left leaning Ollanta Humala tops the polls.

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Resource Control and Military Might: The Future of the Malvinas/Falkland Islands

April 6, 2011 Francesca Fiorentini 0

This April Marks the 29th anniversary of the Falklands War, which claimed the lives of 650 Argentines and 258 British soldiers. But beyond the battle is a territorial dispute that has raged for 178 years and shows no sign of disappearing. […]

Ecuador: US Ambassador Expelled Over Wikileaks Cable

April 6, 2011 Gonzalo Ortiz 0

(IPS) – The Ecuadorean government declared U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges “persona non grata” and expelled her from the country in response to a cable released by the Wikileaks whistleblower web site. Former Ecuadorean foreign minister […]