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US Seeking 'Warsaw Pact" Removal of Chavez?
interesting, not too probable, not likely to garner a lot of support, but interesting, and worthy of ongoing monitoring...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 4:55pm PST
The FTA and Peru: Description and Analysis
This is an analysis of the FTA and its implication in Peru....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 1:01pm PST
Chavez: Capitalism must be transcended
Hands Off Venezuela Campaign...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 4:40pm PST
Venezuela’s Chavez Closes WSF with Call to Transcend Capitalism
Venezuelan President Chavez told the World Social Forum that capitalism can't solve the world's problems and must be transcended through "true socialism"....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 11:52am PST
Hugo Chavez Speaks at the World Social Forum
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez spoke to journalists today in Porto Alegre, Brazil...
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 5:50pm PST
Pictures from the World Social Forum
These pictures were taken at the march on the opening day of the World Social Forum. Local media is reporting that there were over 200,000 participants in the march. There are over 100,000 registered participants at the conference which is being held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The theme is A NEW WORLD IS POSSIBLE....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 4:48am PST
A New World is Possible
First report from the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Brazil by Indymedia reporter Mike Rhodes...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:39am PST
Cutting the Wire
The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement is the largest social movement in Latin America and one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world. Hundreds of thousands of landless peasants have taken onto themselves the task of carrying out a long-overdue land reform in a country mired by an overly skewed land distribution pattern. Less than 3% of the population owns two-thirds of Brasil's arable land....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 6:57pm PST
The Participatory Budget
Story from Porto Alegre, Brazil - the site of the World Social Forum, taking place from January 26 - 31....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 6:52pm PST
Venezuelan March for Sovereignty: Caracas January 23 2005
Tour of the Revolution II: Photo Essay
Venezuelan March for Sovereignty: Caracas January 23 2005
"En Defensa de la Soberanía"...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 10:02am PST
CAFTA signing protest last month in SF (video/quicktime 13.4MB)
Salvadoran Consulate is scene of "die-in" on Dec. 21 as CISPES and the Salvadoran Citizens Network demonstrate against the signing of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Three-minute QT movie.
13MB....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 9:24am PST
The US / Colombia Plot Against Venezuela
A major diplomatic and political conflict has exploded between Colombia and Venezuela after the revelation of a Colombian government covert operation in Venezuela, involving the recruitment of Venezuelan military and security officers in the kidnapping of a Colombian leftist leader. Following an investigation by the Venezuelan Ministry of Interior and reports and testimony from journalists and other knowledgeable political observers it was determined that the highest echelons of the Colombian...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 10:06am PST
Arlo Looking Cloud, Psychological Lamb
Arlo's appeal is going on right now. As some of you may know, I am the one who was vigorously defending Arlo, an innocent man framed by the FBI, who wanted to rid the Reservations of AIM protection, and instead, turn Pine Ridge into a lawless enclave, where a puppet Tribal Government answers to the tune of Federal dollars, and the FBI and BIA are oppressing and surpressing the real Lakota people. My stories were removed from the Internet, because I objected to the kind of mistreatment India...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 1:45pm PST
Venezuela in the Spotlight: Lou Dobbs Show
May the new year be full of surprises! May we finally put the horse before the cart and mend our own pockets before falling to the destructive myths of unilateralisma nd offensive self-defense! Clif Ross is a Bay Area activist who recently returned from Venezuela....
Posted: Sat, Jan 22, 2005 8:22am PST
Besieged Bolivian President Faces More Upheaval
There were injuries on both sides in Santa Cruz as residents battled riot police....
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 4:06pm PST
Film and Panel: AMA: La Memoria del Tiempo
Homage to the Nahuat-Pipil Nation, El Salvador 1932
The Hidden History of Genocide in El Salvador
El Salvador's new struggle with National Identity, Historic Memory and Indigenous People's Rights - A Film and Panel Discussion with Filmmaker Daniel Florez y Ascencio and Guests...
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 8:37pm PST
Panamanians rally on anniversary of U.S. invasion
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Hundreds of Panamanians rallied here on Dec. 20 to observe the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of their country and to express their growing concern about the Pentagon’s increased activity in the region. They also protested government plans to privatize their social security system....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:50am PST
Bolivia's largest city joins protest against gasoline price hikes
In Santa Cruz, shops and offices were closed and the main access routes to the city were blocked by protesters. The strike in El Alto halted traffic between the city and La Paz, the capital....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 11:01am PST
Globalization in Ecuador
The TLC and Oil drilling in the Amazon spell disaster...
Posted: Sun, Jan 9, 2005 4:27pm PST
Alert! Take a Stand for Workers in Ecuador andColombia! Action needed by 1/12
Contact your House Representative to take a stand for workers in Ecuador and Colombia!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 11:51pm PST