News Briefs
Trinidad PM Tries to Relocate Unpopular Smelter
Prime Minister Patrick Manning announced that industrialization of his country will go "full pace ahead" and that one way or another he will find a home for a widely unpopular $1.5 billion smelter operation to […]
UN Uncovers Mercenary Recruitment in Peru
A UN working group recently investigated abuses by private security firms recruiting and training hundreds of Peruvians to work as mercenaries in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mercenaries are currently the second largest military force in Iraq, […]
Ecuador will have Constitutional Assembly Referendum
Ecuadorean congress has passed the motion made by President Rafael Correa to hold a referendum to consider constitutional reform. If the referendum is passed, it will create a national assembly to rewrite the constitution. A […]
Guatemala: Open Letter to CEO of Skye Resources
Ian Austin, President and CEO Skye Resources Suite 1203-700 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC Canada, V6C 1G8 February 6, 2007 Dear Mr. Austin, One month ago today, I was present along with other members of […]
Ecuador’s Amazon Region Threatened by Oil (Again)
Two petroleum projects are threatening the survival of Yasuní National Park, the most important protected area of continental Ecuador: the ITT project and Block 31 project, the last one, given as concession to the Brazilian […]
Mexico Community Radios Threatened
Three community radio stations in Mexico have been threatened and even closed down between this and last year. According to the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the radios are legal, have limited broadcasting […]