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Movie/Discussion: Is Colombia Next?
US troops already in Colombia; Colombian paramilitaries crossed the border with Venezuela; the US administration is pushing for the overthrown of Venezuelan government. As in Iraq, oil, water and Empire are behind the US government intervention......
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 9:27pm PDT
IMC ARGENTINA STAFF EVICTED!!!
OUR HEADQUARTERS DESTROYED BY THE FEDERAL POLICE!!!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 14, 2003 10:01pm PDT
The Marginal Diplomat Explains "Organized Crime" in Brazil
Simone Bastos de Menezes tells a young journalist about the rise and fall of an Ethics Code of the narco...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2003 9:07am PDT
Uruguay: direct action against CNN street publicity
Urban intervention against the publicity of CNN in the busstops...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2003 8:09am PDT
Doing the US's Dirty Work: The Colombian Paramilitaries and Israel
''I copied the concept of paramilitary forces from the Israelis.''
-Carlos Castano, Mi Confesion, 2002...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:55pm PDT
Tears of Inspiration from Argentina
"The chorus is "We are the future and the present, to resist and to occupy". It goes on with more inspiring lyrics. (Somewhere between 150 and 200 factories are now being occupied and run by the workers, the form ranges from occupations like Zanon or Brukman, to occupations that then ask for a judicial nod and become collectives."...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:01pm PDT
CANADIAN MINING CO. AND THREAT OF DEATH IN ARGENTINA
Strikes and death threats towards Assembly´s members suddenly appeared in Esquel, Argentina, when a Canadian Company´s plans for mining started to be screwed by local population´s oposition. Esquel people need our solidarity....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 9:50am PDT
Colombia, not Iraq, is Haunting the Empire
Publisher's Note: While the population of the United States is transfixed in front of the screen, obsessed with the "war" that Power wants them to see, that Power designed to distract them from all other realities, a long-running war continues to rage in our own hemisphere; a 50 years war: The Colombian Civil War....
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2003 4:35am PST
Peasant Voices from Argentina
"Thousands of campesinos who were born and raised, and worked for generations, on the same land, are suddenly kicked out by unknown buyers who, with irregular land titles, displace the families and burn the farms."
Bulletin from the Independent Media Center
March 2003 (part 3)...
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2003 12:26pm PST
Colombia protesters throw grenades near US Embassy
BOGOTA, Colombia, March 27 (Reuters) - Colombians threw home-made hand grenades outside the U.S. Embassy on Thursday as thousands of demonstrators, some waving Iraqi flags, staged a violent anti-war protest in which at least 10 people were injured....
Posted: Fri, Mar 28, 2003 4:06pm PST
Another US military spy plane downed in Colombia
Less than six weeks after leftist FARC rebels shot down a US spy plane and captured three CIA agents, another US piloted spy plane goes down over southern Colombia. All three members of the crew were killed, according to a spokesman for the Colombian Army....
Posted: Fri, Mar 28, 2003 3:56am PST
Naomi Klein: About the eviction of Indymedia Argentina
For more information, visit Indymedia Argentina...
Posted: Wed, Mar 26, 2003 5:20pm PST
President of Venezuela Calls on UN Secretary General to Condemn Aggression Against Iraq
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez called on the UN Secretary General to condemn the aggression against Iraq....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2003 10:17am PST
U.S. Puppet in Colombia Seeking Scapegoats for Losing War on Communist Rebels
Veteran political analyst and historian Domingo Alberto Rangel writes that despite monopolizing money, arms and troops on a level never seen before, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe has little to show for his 7 months in power....
Posted: Wed, Mar 19, 2003 3:47am PST
Repression of Social Movements in Argentina Escalates
Several weeks before the 2003 presidential elections, the social tension in Argentina is intensifying. The people's response to the economic crisis has included many examples of autonomous collective organizing, and the government is responding now by increasing repression. Many social projects, such as occupied factories, occupied houses, cultural and social centers are in danger of being evicted....
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2003 4:57pm PST
Rioters Delay Trial, Clash With Police in Argentina
The two days of clashes amounted to the worst outbreak of violence since police fought pitched street battles with anti-government demonstrators last June, killing two people. The unrest forced caretaker President Eduardo Duhalde to schedule elections for April 27, six months earlier than planned....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2003 10:55am PST
Puerto Rico: Se movilizan Contra la Guerra
15F - Más de 1,000 personas que participaron en un piquete-concentración frente a la armería de la Guardia Nacional en Puerto Rico.
F15 - Over 1,000 people gathered in the local anti-war demo....
Posted: Tue, Feb 18, 2003 2:58pm PST
30,000 Protest March Against US War in Sao Paulo Brazil
Fotos da manifestação que reuniu 30 mil pessoas hoje na cidade de São Paulo em protesto contra a guerra....
Posted: Sat, Feb 15, 2003 4:48pm PST
2/13 Argentina Peace March
The people of Argentina joined the Global Peace March on Feb 13, 2003....
Posted: Fri, Feb 14, 2003 8:20pm PST