Campesinos Killed, August 20th and 21st, Following on Massacre of 11 People, August 14th and 15th As Canada Signs “Free Trade” Agreement with the repressive Honduran regime As the US names a Biofuel Specialist as […]
(IPS) – Eighty thousand tiny houses dot the countryside near this coastal city, located just west of the epicentre of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake that killed some 200,000 and displaced over one million. These […]
Hurricane Irene actually made landfall first in the Carribean, causing 3.1 billion dollars of damage. Irene caused damage in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas on its way north. Irene landed first on […]
Communications Workers of America (CWA) International President Larry Cohen and United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement today regarding their request to a member of the House Select Intelligence Committee […]
On Tuesday night, Peru’s Congress unanimously approved a ‘historic’ new law that guarantees indigenous people’s right to free, prior and informed consent to any projects affecting them and their lands. President Ollanta Humala says he […]
Should the US be worried about the close relationship between Iran and Venezuela? Source: Al Jazeera In early July, the US Congressional Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence held a hearing entitled “Hezbollah in […]
(IPS) – Since the 1960s, maquiladoras or export assembly plants have been the cornerstone of Mexico’s strategy to attract foreign direct investment and boost exports. But the environmental and social costs have been high. Maquiladoras, […]
Government pushes concessions without taking into account indigenous communities. Source: Latin America Press The decisions President Rafael Correa takes with regard to oil fields located on indigenous territories demonstrate more and more the Ecuadorian government’s […]
COLOMBIAUSG list of 22 re-mobilized paramilitary groups in Colombia circa 2006http://t.co/VXPL2ns #cablegate Shift in State Dept language from “paramilitary” to “criminal” groupin Colombia dates from at least ’08 bit.ly/q0Yb0F #cablegate Uribe blows a lot of […]
Source: Weekly News Update on the Americas After a six-hour meeting on Aug. 13 at the University of Concepción in Chile’s central Biobío region, leaders of the Chilean Student Confederation (CONFECH) announced their rejection of […]
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