Honduras One Year Later
Based Out in Latin America
Foreign bases have been a mainstay of global US military domination for decades. But in Latin America they have been closing fast and a new deal to use seven Colombian military bases is, paradoxically, a sign of US weakness in the region.
The Honduran Business Elite One Year After the Coup
Source: NACLA The first anniversary of the June 28, 2009 military coup in Honduras might just slide under the international radar, timed as it is right after the Honduran national team kicks off at the […]
Two Dead in Confrontation in Oaxaca, Near Site of Canadian Mine
Just two weeks prior to the July 4 state-wide election in Oaxaca, Mexico, an anti-mining and political confrontation took place. A battle broke out between PRIistas and residents of the villages El Cuajilote and Maguey Largo who oppose the exploitation of the mine “La Trinidad” located on communal lands in the municipality of Ocotlán, Oaxaca on June 19. […]
Washington Resumes Military Aid to Honduras
The United States has renewed military aid to Honduras with a donation of 25 heavy trucks valued at $812,000, according to the Spanish website infodefensa.com. And on June 18, Ambassador Hugo Llorens announced that the […]
Leader Returns from Asylum to Slam French Oil Company in Peru
Oil company Perenco has been slammed for denying the existence of uncontacted tribes by a Peruvian indigenous leader almost immediately after his return from 11 months in political exile. Alberto Pizango, leader of indigenous organisation […]
Reencounter of the Original Peoples and Nationalities of Abya Yala in Ecuador
Representatives of the original peoples and nationalities of the Americas returned to Ecuador last week for the twentieth anniversary of a historic gathering that advanced hemispheric unity. The Continental Encounter of the Original Nationalities and Peoples of Abya Yala met from June 14 to 16. Abya Yala is a word for the Americas in the language of the Kuna people in Panama that has gained broad usage as an aboriginal term for the hemisphere. […]
