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Bolivian President sends in army to seize control of energy industry The dramatic Labour Day decision by the Bolivian President Evo Morales to nationalise the energy industry has alarmed the Brazilian and Spanish governments and could scare off the very investment and expertise Bolivia needs to turn its vast natural resources into wealth for its poor....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 6:12pm PDT
Puerto Rico Imposes Partial Government Shutdown Amid Financial Crisis In Puerto Rico, the government ran out of money on Monday and was forced to impose a partial public sector-shutdown. The island's 1,600 state schools have been shut and nearly 100,000 government workers have been temporarily left without jobs. We go to Puerto Rico to speak with political commentator and analyst, Luis Davila Colon....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 9:14am PDT
Are U.S. Trade Policies & NAFTA Causing An Influx on Undocumented Workers in U.S.? Longtime labor journalist David Bacon examines the negative impact Washington’s trade policies have had on Mexico and the rest of Latin America. Bacon speaks to us from Los Angeles where he attended Monday’s massive protests for immigration rights....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 9:14am PDT
Colombia: Time to stop the killing and persecution of trade unionists and activists Four decades of armed conflict in Colombia have had a catastrophic effect on the country's civilians. Caught between the security forces who have consistently colluded with and supported paramilitary groups and, on the other side, armed opposition groups, tens of thousands of people have been killed, "disappeared", tortured or kidnapped, while millions of others have been forcibly displaced....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 8:40am PDT
Mexico to decriminalize pot, cocaine and heroin Possessing marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by Congress....
Posted: Mon, May 1, 2006 10:51pm PDT
Bolivia Military Told to Occupy Gas Fields LA PAZ, Bolivia May 1, 2006 (AP)— President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields Monday and threatened to evict foreign companies unless they give Bolivia control over the entire chain of production....
Posted: Mon, May 1, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Massive May Day March in El Salvador Tens of Thousands of Salvadorans take to the streets in annual march. This year the focus is immigrants in the US and Neoliberalism here....
Posted: Mon, May 1, 2006 4:28pm PDT
Peru's Toledo recalls ambassador to Venezuela As Pro Chavez Humala Looks Headed For Victory Peru has decided to immediately withdraw its ambassador to Venezuela, accusing Caracas of persistently interfering in its domestic affairs....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 9:29pm PDT
Leftist trio seals Americas pact The left-wing leaders of Bolivia, Cuba and Venezuela have signed a three-way trade agreement aimed at countering US influence in Latin America....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 8:36pm PDT
Modern Christianity: A Flock of Lost Sheep Christianity today has become a misleading term and a very confusing ‘business’. Proclaiming one’s faith as ‘Christian’ no longer identifies the believer in a specific sense – there are more Christian denominations, groups and sub-groups than I would care to mention. Gone is the ‘one faith’, ‘one God’ principle that identifies all true religions; today there are ‘gelicos, penticos, charismaticos, deicos, bapticos, methicos’ and on it goes. The ‘religion’ is severely fragmented, each splintere...
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 9:25am PDT
The Case of the Cuban Five: Honor and Injustice Last Valentine’s Day, the Federal Court of Appeals heard oral arguments concerning one of the greatest injustices in the history of U.S. jurisprudence. The lives of five innocent men hang in the balance, awaiting the decision of the 11th Circuit. Although the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions already declared their trial in Miami unfair and in violation of international law, most Americans are not familiar with the story of the Cuban Five....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 6:14am PDT
Chile: Mapuche Prisoners Continue Hunger Strike Four Mapuche rights activists have been on hunger strike since Mar. 13 in prison in Angol, in Chile's Region IX, demanding a review of their cases....
Posted: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 7:41pm PDT
The Assassination of Digna Ochoa: the Life and Death of a Mexican Human Rights Lawyer In October 2001, renowned Mexican human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa was found shot dead in her Mexico City office. Despite previous attempts on her life and other evidence pointing to foul-play, Ochoa's death was declared a suicide by Mexico City prosecutors. We discuss her life and death with award-winning journalist Linda Diebel, author of "Betrayed: The Assassination of Digna Ochoa" and Kerry Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights....
Posted: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 8:53am PDT
Mexico 2 Workers Killed in Steel Strike Two striking Mexican steelworkers died and at least 41 were injured in a confrontation with hundreds of police agents in Michoacan on Apr. 20....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:27pm PDT
Vamos a construir un movimiento que no necesite líderes: Marcos en Ecatepec Anarcopunks, skins y los de abajo más decentes que quienes habitan la casa del poder...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 9:59am PDT
Armed siege of steel mill reveals escalating class war Armed siege of steel mill reveals escalating class war...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 4:11am PDT
Peru: Nationalist ex-officer Humala to face APRA’s Garcia in runoff election Ollanta Humala, a former army officer who ran on a nationalist program denouncing the rich elite and foreign capital, won the first round of presidential elections in Peru. He will face former president Alan Garcia (1985-90) from the bourgeois APRA party (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) in a runoff election scheduled for late May or early June....
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2006 7:19am PDT
Fidel ordered Chávez's 'Rescue' 04/22/06 "ZMag" -- -- In the book "Fidel Castro, a two-voiced biography," published by the Debate Publishing House, the Cuban president told Ignacio Ramonet information not previously released about the events of April 2002 in Venezuela....
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 10:11am PDT
Macho Men and State Capitalism - Is Another World Possible? * Latin America is boiling with revolutionary potential these days that could redefine economics, politics and social relations. But sometimos things aren't always as they seem. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is widely seen to be at the center of Latin America's transformation by building a regional trade bloc through the creation of ALBA and Venezuela's membership in Mercosur to oppose U.S. dominance and its constant push for free trade agreements with Latin American governments....
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 9:39am PDT
Join the Dirty Money Campaign to Get Wells Fargo's Money out of Appalachia and Ecuador Wells Fargo is a top financier of destructive oil, coal, logging, and mining operations that contribute to global warming, ecosystem destruction, and human rights abuses. What's more, Wells Fargo profits on the backs of those who can least afford it, including low income and immigrant communities. They are heavily invested in Massey Energy (a coal company ruining the environment and communities in Appalachia) and Burlington Resources (an oil company ruining the environment and communities in...
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 11:53am PDT
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