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WNU #975: Peruvian Farmers Strike Over Water At least 500 people were killed by the Dominican police in 2008, according to a complaint filed with the Interamerican Human Rights Court (CIDH) of the Organization of American States (OAS) by a Dominican group which estimates that 75% of the victims were executed....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 9:32pm PST
FMLN wins majority in El Salvador election (CNN) -- A former guerrilla group that laid down its arms in 1992 has won the most seats in El Salvador's national Legislative Assembly, giving the FMLN a big boost toward winning the presidential election in March.
A polling station president in San Salvador shows marked ballots Sunday at the close of voting.
A polling station president in San Salvador shows marked ballots Sunday at the close of voting.
A presidential victory for the FMLN would place El Salvador among more than a half...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 10:08am PST
Did Venezuela's Opposition Meet with US Officials in Puerto Rico? Even by Venezuelan standards, the story seemed implausible. On January 9, a young reporter Pedro Carvajalino, from community television station Ávila TV, filmed four leading figures of Venezuela's right-wing opposition returning from Puerto Rico. They had just arrived by private jet from the U.S. territory, where they had purportedly met with representatives of the U.S. Department of State....
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 8:17am PST
Chavez Warns that Obama "Repeats Bush's Discourse Against Venezuela" President Chavez said that independent of the US internal situation, "this worries us. Right here, right now, I'm putting it out there...he [Obama] threw a stone at me...multiple stones."...
Posted: Mon, Jan 19, 2009 8:16am PST
Venezuela to vote on Chavez terms Saturday, January 17, 2009 : Referendum on allowing president unlimited stay in power to be held on February 15....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2009 8:58am PST
Posicion del FIOB Sobre el Caso del Indigena Triqui en Greenfield Oaxaca es uno de los estados más diversos de México, tan sólo allí conviven 16 pueblos y comunidades indígenas diferentes, cada una de las cuales habla su propio idioma y practica costumbres distintas. De esas comunidades, los Mixtecos, Zapotecos, Chatinos y Triquis han sido los que han emigrado masivamente a California, Estados Unidos desde finales de la década de los ochenta. De esta migración indígena, los Triquis son los migrantes más recientes, que enfrentan más problemas de comunicación...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 10:31pm PST
FIOB’s Statement on the Case of Marcelino De Jesus Martinez Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s most diverse states. In the state alone there are 16 different indigenous peoples and communities, each one speaking its own language and practicing a myriad of customs. From these communities the Mixtecos, Zapotecos, Chatinos and Triquis have migrated in large numbers to the United States, specifically to California, since the late-1980s. Among these indigenous migrants, the Triquis are the most recent arrivals. They face extreme communication barriers, since many s...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 10:23pm PST
Zapatista University Chapter 2: The History of Planetary Biology Democracy and personal empowerment depend on informed decision making. Education is the rightful property of everyone. The complete book can be read on my site. Feel free to translate it into Spanish or any other language....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 7:02pm PST
Venezuela breaks off Israel ties Wednesday, January 14, 2009 : Caracas's move follows similar step by Bolivia in protest against war in Gaza....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 8:26am PST
Colombia: Secret Documents Show US Aware of Army Killings in 1990s Columbia 3rd largest $ recipient after Israel and Egypt
US financed death squads...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 6:55pm PST
Suspected killer of rainforest activist arrested in Brazil Brazilian police detained a rancher suspected of the murder of rainforest activist Dorothy Stang for allegedly acquiring titles illegally to land that the United States missionary died trying to defend....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 11:14am PST
Chihuahua Government Say Decriminalizing Drugs is a Subject That Can't be Avoided Mexican lawmakers and legal experts decry El Paso Mayor John Cook's veto of a City Council resolution that proposed a debate over drug decriminalization...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 8:26am PST
Mexico: Dirty Tactics in Operation Clean-Up Operation Clean-Up's arrests of Mexican officials are based on hearsay and contradictory testimonies; many of the accused could be set free...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 8:15am PST
WNU #974: 600 Haitians Occupy Dominican Church Dominican authorities said on Jan. 7 that they had deported 1,120 Haitians in the previous three days and had allowed at least 950 others with permits to enter the country....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 9:51pm PST
Zapatista University Chapter 1: The World-Farm Scientists have been hard at work figuring out what's gone wrong with humanity's relationship to the environment. But they never write books for the politically marginalized people who suffer the effects. So now I write science books for activists. The complete book can be found on my website....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2009 2:35pm PST
Kidnapping Expert Kidnapped In Mexico Sunday, January 11, 2009 : A U.S. kidnapping expert was himself abducted in northern Mexico last month. He hasn't been heard from since. The case of Felix Batista highlights the growing danger kidnapping gangs pose south of the border....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2009 10:44am PST
Feeding, Heating, and Healing One Family at a Time Record-Breaking Winter Hits Reservation Service Organizations Hard...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 1:33pm PST
10 days Until First Round of Salvadoran Elections - Take Action to Oppose Dirty Campaign! The right wing’s dirty campaign has not stopped at propaganda and misinformation. Over the past year, political violence carried out by ARENA and their allies has continued to rise, ranging from street attacks to uninvestigated murders of more than a half dozen FMLN and social movement leaders in 2008 alone....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 10:18am PST
Mapuche Territory, Chile: CAM organs of resistance claim actions in Ranquilhue As the Organs of Resistance of the Mapuche Communities of Lleu Lleu, we communicate to our People and to public opinion the following...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 3:37pm PST
Venezuela expels Israel envoy over Gaza attacks solidarity with the Bolivarian revolution...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 1:39pm PST
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