News Briefs
Obama: Critics of US Honduras Policy Hypocritical
Source: Democracy Now! President Barack Obama addressed the political crisis in Honduras during a press conference Monday in Mexico alongside the leaders of Mexico and Canada. Obama said it was hypocritical for critics of Washington’s […]
U.S. appears to soften support for Honduras’s Zelaya
Excerpted from Reuters U.S. policy on Honduras’ political crisis is not aimed at supporting any particular individual, the State Department said in a new letter that implied softening support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya. The […]
Video Report – Honduras: Where does Washington stand?
Forrest Hylton: By not taking steps prescribed by US law, US gov’t supporting an increasingly repressive regime The silence from Washington over the past month of human rights abuses from the de facto Honduran government […]
Honduras: Regime Says ‘Yes’ to Talks but Squelches Protests
(IPS) – While it publicly declares its willingness to continue to engage in dialogue, the de facto regime led by Roberto Micheletti in Honduras is taking a hard-line approach to protests demanding the return of […]
Colombia: Women Lead Opposition to Gold Mine
Women in the small Andean town of Cajamarca and the nearby city of Ibagué, in the central-west Colombian province of Tolima, are leading the struggle against a major gold mining venture that threatens to alter their way of life. Despite differences in social and economic conditions, one thing that unites women from these two Tolima communities – separated by only a few kilometres on the Pan-American Highway but otherwise worlds apart – is their wariness over a mining project that promises prosperity for a few while posing a threat to the natural environment and rural livelihoods. […]
US Activists Challenge Obama on Cuba
Source: CommonDreams.org During last year’s presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he was willing to sit down with Cuban leaders without preconditions. Hopes were high for the change that Obama had promised during his campaign for […]