Month: November 2013

No Picture

The Results of the Elections in Honduras were Changed, Says European Union Observer

November 29, 2013 Giorgio Trucchi, Translation by Adrienne Pine 0

Leo Gabriel, Austrian journalist and member of the EU-EOM, stated that the vast majority of the members of the mission were in strong disagreement with the preliminary report. According to him, the disagreements about what happened on November 24 provoked a heated internal debate. Nonetheless, political calculations and business interests prevailed and [the EU-EOM] preferred to close their eyes and ignore the obvious changes made to the results and the violation of the Honduran people’s will as expressed at the ballot box.

[…]

The Different Souls of the Libre Party and Repression against Honduran Students

November 29, 2013 Orsetta Bellani, Translation by Clayton Conn 0

The sky over Tegucigalpa was filled with smoke on Tuesday afternoon outside the headquarters of the Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). The students, outraged by the fraudulent election of President Juan Orlando Hernández, gathered at noon to hold an assembly inside the university. As soon as they took to the streets, there was a confrontation with the police.

[…]

Indigenous Continental Summits: The International Politics of Resistance

November 27, 2013 Manuela Picq 0

Indigeneity is not exactly where one looks for world politics. Yet it is probably one of the hip sites of global governance today. Indigenous peoples are engaging in international relations with a vibrancy that belies any perception of their politics as isolated or passive. The Fifth Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples of the Abya Yala, held November 10-15 in Cauca, Colombia, was only the latest expression of Indigenous diplomacy.

[…]

1 2 3 … 5