News Briefs
Honduras: Coup Opponents Announce New Stage of Protests
(IPS) – The sectors opposed to the regime that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Jun. 28 announced a new stage of resistance, while Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is planning a second round of […]
Bolivia 9/11: Bodies and Power on a Feudal Frontier
Source: Caterwaul Quarterly Imagining politics as a form of war, we must ask: What place is given to life, death, and the human body (in particular the wounded or slain body)? How are they inscribed […]
U.S. Press Falsely Claims Honduran Plurality for Coup
Source: Just Foreign Policy Did a CID-Gallup poll last week indicate that a plurality of Hondurans support the military coup against democratically elected President Zelaya? Yes, according to the Washington Post [July 9], the Wall […]
US Military Exercises continue in Paraguay, dangerously disguised
The United States embassy, in the eleven months under President Fernando Lugo and at the start of an important process in the country, has become the government’s principal and prodigious collaborator in what has been […]
Honduras: Micheletti’s Ties to Washington D.C.
Source: NY Times Excerpt: Mr. Micheletti has embarked on a public relations offensive, with his supporters hiring high-profile lawyers with strong Washington connections to lobby against such sanctions. One powerful Latin American business council hired […]
Telesur and Venezuelan TV Journalists Arrested in Honduras
Source: Venezuela Analysis The coup government of Honduras arrested Telesur and Venezuelan TV (VTV) journalists on Saturday night. The two channels, based in Venezuela, are the only channels globally to transmit ongoing coverage of the […]