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Brazilians write to President Lula : Don't join FTAA
As the so-thought leftist brazilian government moves steadily towards neoliberalism, some respected intellectuals and social leaders appeal to their president to steer back into course......
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2003 8:12pm PDT
BTL:U.S. Navy Leaves Vieques Bombing Range; Activists Now Focus on Cleanup of...
...Navy's Toxic Legacy. Robert Rabin, of Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, interview conducted by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari....
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2003 6:15am PDT
Conference in Chiapas Draws Hundreds of Latin American Activists
Report from the First Hemispheric Conference Against Militarization, held in San Cristobal, Chiapas, May 6-9:
Latin American activists view Mexican premiere of documentary on U.S.-run School of the Americas, a training camp for Latin American soldiers and paramilitaries....
Posted: Fri, May 9, 2003 4:25pm PDT
Black judge for top Brazil court
Brazil's new left-wing President, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, has appointed the country's first black judge to sit on the Supreme Court....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 4:22am PDT
Frontlines articles on Colombia, Argentina, US, Iraq, Scotland...
Frontlines newspaper world news bulletin Nr. 15...
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2003 7:32pm PDT
Protesters Tear Down Fence and Trash U.S. Navy Vehicles at Vieqeus, Puerto Rico
Hundreds of protesters broke through a fence at the Vieques bombing range, waving the Caribbean island's flag and destroying U.S Navy vehicles as they celebrated the end to nearly 60 years of U.S. bombing exercises. The militants stole Navy vehicles and smashed the lights and windows with sledgehammers....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2003 1:53pm PDT
Argentina/U.S. Radical Exchange
spanish/english translators needed to help build and strengthen link between the U.S. and Argentina...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2003 11:39pm PDT
Stunning Socialist victories in Scotland; articles on Argentina, Iraq ...
Six members of the Scottish Socialist Party elected to parliament; Balance-sheet of the April 27 Argentinean elections and the role of the left organizations; the war against Iraq is over ...is it? And other articles....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2003 3:49pm PDT
BTL:Cuba's Crackdown on Government Opponents Triggered by...
...Washington's Funding of Dissident Groups. Interview with Philip Agee, former Central Intelligence Agency officer who resides in Havana, Cuba conducted by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 2:36am PDT
Cuba's Castro Says U.S. Is Provoking War
``In Miami and Washington they are now discussing where, how and when Cuba will be attacked,'' the Cuban president told a crowd of hundreds of thousands gathered for the celebration in Havana's Plaza of the Revolution. Bush wants to win Florida, re-election 2004....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 5:37pm PDT
"Progressives" Should Think Twice About Piling Onto Cuba
got this in an email...
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2003 6:00pm PDT
121 Youth Escape Brazilian Detention Centre
On April 12, 2003, 121 inmates escaped from the Franco da Rocha juvenile detention cente in Sao Paulo, Brazil....
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2003 4:37pm PDT
NEOLIBERALISM WITH A HUMAN FACE: THE CASE OF BRAZIL'S LUCIO LULA
Another Phony progressive is exposed as a fraud. This time Brazilian president Lucio da Silva (aka LULA)--a darling of the Western Left--has shown himself to be no different from his Neoliberal predecessors. I guess Another Lie is Possible, after all...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2003 7:19am PDT
Dossier: Today's elections in Argentina and the left
All the information about today's presidential elections in Argentina and candidates, debates and results of the left....
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2003 2:45am PDT
ACTIVISTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO RECEIVE DEATH THREATS
WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS THAT CONDEMNS THE SITUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL GUARANTEES IN CUBA. CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS ALERT ON THE AMBIGUITY AND DANGER Of THE OFFICIAL SPEECH....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2003 1:48am PDT
Repression In Argentina!
Repression against the worker-occupied Brukman Factory in Buenos Aires
Vicente Balvanera -- Oakland Activist --Injured...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 1:17pm PDT
argentina: threat of creation
my eyes sting with tear gas, the smell lingers on my body, and I have yet to locate two friends. Dozens have been injured by the police and so far at least one hundred have been arrested....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 7:41pm PDT