Source: The Americas Blog The Venezuelan government announced Tuesday that President Hugo Chávez will miss his swearing in on Thursday, January 10, when his new term is set to begin. The Supreme Court ruled today […]
SANTIAGO, Jan 8 2013 (IPS) – A string of attacks in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía, where native Mapuche people are struggling for their land rights, puts the spotlight squarely on what analysts call […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 29 2012 (IPS) – To go down fighting in the Andean Community (CAN), with a combined market of 92 million consumers, or move up to the big leagues of Mercosur, with […]
Source: Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources Wallmapu, 5th January 2013 Mr. President, In my capacity as a traditional authority of the Mapuche nation, I wish to express my condolences to the relatives of Werner Luchsinger […]
Defending impunity for the architects of state terror Source: Cascadia Solidaria Under cover of holiday and year’s end festivities, the government of Otto Pérez Molina made an unambiguous move to defend the architects of state […]
Source: International Viewpoint The state of health of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is such that it is possible new elections will have to take place following his victory in October 2012. International Viewpoint correspondent Franck […]
Source: Revolution is eternal On December 23, 2012, the encampment of indigenous Triqui stationed in front of the Government Palace in Oaxaca City was violently evicted by municipal and state police. Police in full riot […]
Source: Free Speech Radio News Last summer, 200 US Marines arrived in Guatemala to disrupt the operations drug traffickers on the Pacific coast. President Otto Perez Molina, inaugurated in 2012, is a retired general who […]
ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATIONMEXICO. December 29, 2012.To whom it may concern up there above: They think they are on the winning side …and so aside from being traitors, they are idiots.Tyrion Lannister in A […]
Peru’s top indigenous organizations are taking on the government and powerful gas companies in an attempt to stop gas exploration that seriously threatens uncontacted Indians’ lives. Amazon Indian organizations AIDESEP, FENAMAD, ORAU and COMARU plan […]
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