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WNU #1021: Groups Condemn US Militarization of Region
“Humanitarian aid, yes! Military occupation, no!” was one of the slogans when Argentine leftist parties and groups marched in Buenos Aires on Feb. 5 to protest the presence of foreign troops in Haiti.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1021, February 7, 2010
1. Latin America: Groups Condemn US Militarization
2. Haiti: Quake Victims Protest Food Distribution
3. Colombia: 40 Unionists Murdered in 2009
4. Puerto Rico: Activist Pleads Guilty in Wells Fargo Case
5. Links to alternative sources on: “Drug War,” Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, St. Lucia
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Latin America: Groups Condemn US Militarization
Meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Jan. 24-29 for the 10th annual World Social Forum, 24 Latin American social organizations issued a statement denouncing what they called a “new, aggressive escalation of imperialism.” The groups charged that there was an “expansion of the US military presence in the region” that “seeks, in addition to intimidating the political transformation processes in the region, to position [US] military force in strategic areas of great natural wealth.” [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/02/wnu-1021-groups-condemn-us.html
Issue #1021, February 7, 2010
1. Latin America: Groups Condemn US Militarization
2. Haiti: Quake Victims Protest Food Distribution
3. Colombia: 40 Unionists Murdered in 2009
4. Puerto Rico: Activist Pleads Guilty in Wells Fargo Case
5. Links to alternative sources on: “Drug War,” Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, St. Lucia
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Latin America: Groups Condemn US Militarization
Meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Jan. 24-29 for the 10th annual World Social Forum, 24 Latin American social organizations issued a statement denouncing what they called a “new, aggressive escalation of imperialism.” The groups charged that there was an “expansion of the US military presence in the region” that “seeks, in addition to intimidating the political transformation processes in the region, to position [US] military force in strategic areas of great natural wealth.” [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/02/wnu-1021-groups-condemn-us.html
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