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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
U.S. spy plane missing in Colombia
This is the second fatal accident to a U.S. aircraft since the United States began providing military and financial aid to the Colombian government under the terms of the Plan Colombia.
The first crash occurred in 1999 in Putamayo near the Ecuadorian frontier, killing five U.S. citizens and two Colombians....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 4:08pm PST
Bolivia Report
Read this breaking report on Boliva at the edge of civil war, freshly translated from Spanish to English... for more information, check out NarcoNews coverage live from Merida, Mexico, where Bolivian guests at the Merida Summit makes plans to take the next plane home......
Posted: Wed, Feb 12, 2003 11:50pm PST
Death toll rises to 13 in Bolivia clashes
The death toll from Wednesday's clashes between troops and striking police outside Bolivia's presidential palace has risen to 13, according to hospital personnel, who said that another 79 people were wounded....
Posted: Wed, Feb 12, 2003 5:15pm PST
Two activists arrested after closing El Salvador consulate in San Francisco (video/quicktime 6.4MB)
Rally at 5th & Market on Feb. 6th supports massive opposition in El Salvador to the Central American Free Trade Agreement. 2.7 min. QT movie. 6.4MB There's a bigger version on my web site....
Posted: Tue, Feb 11, 2003 9:07am PST
12 Day Fast in Cuernavaca, Mexico to Raise Consciousness about Costco Plan
In Cuernvaca, Mexico, the Civil Front for the Defense of La Selva has organized segments of the poplulation of this historical city to protest against a Costco megastore and the development of a large parcel of forest land. Reposted from www.indymedia.org....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2003 6:19pm PST
Salvadoran Consulates shut down in Solidarity with 100,000 + march in El Salvador
5th March in Solidarity with Striking Health Care Workers and to Protest Privatization took place in El Salvador yesterday! Over 100,000 Salvadorans were in the streets....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 6:03pm PST
BUSH WILL SEND U.S. AND ALLIED SOLDIERS TO HELL IN COLOMBIA. DO YOU CARE?
Here in Colombia, the Green Berets are pursuing one of Bush's most important, and perilous, foreign policy initiatives. With all the talk about Iraq and North Korea, Washington has done its utmost best to keep Colombia quiet. Risks include losing North American lives in a conflict that does not have the same so-called ''popular support'' as the mystery hunt for al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. Washington has a big stake in Colombia......
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:47pm PST
Rumsfeld compares Germany to Cuba
US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld arrives in Europe today for Iraq talks amid a flurry of controversy over his comparison of Germany with Cuba and Libya....
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2003 12:36pm PST
Direct Action at El Salvadorian Consulate Office
Today I accompanied a group of global justice activists to the office of the El Salvadorian Consulate, in downtown San Francisco. Following is a photo essay of the day....
Posted: Thu, Feb 6, 2003 7:26pm PST
Argentina resistance
Yesterday, Piqueteros in Argentina blocked 37 routes including Coca Cola and many many other corporate operations around the country but mostly in Buenas Aires....
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 3:38pm PST
SF & Boston: El Salvador Solidarity Actions Planned for Feb. 6th
Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) is planning coordinated actions at consulates in Boston and San Francisco this Wednesday to defend health care and striking health care workers, in solidarity with the Salvadoran social movement....
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 8:19am PST
Manifestación violenta del poder mediático en Mexico (audio/mpeg 3.1MB)
La segunda mayor cadena de televisión toma la justicia entre sus manos mientras el gobierno federal se muestra indeciso en la aplicación de la leyes. 06:41 min...
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 6:10am PST
Violent Repression in Oaxaca, Mexico on 1/25...Support Needed!
Information on the most recent Mexican government sponsored repression against Indigenous peoples in Oaxaca....
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 5:57am PST
Liberation Radio News: Antiwar Movement, Surveillance, and Bolivia (audio/x-scpls 0.1KB)
From the unlicensed airwaves of San Francisco, Liberation Radio News for Feb. 3, 2003....
Posted: Tue, Feb 4, 2003 4:26am PST
BTL:Third Meeting of World Social Forum in Brazil Addresses Issues of...
...War, Peace and Economic Inequality. Interview with the Soren Ambrose, of the 50 Years is Enough Network, conducted by Between the Lines'Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Feb 1, 2003 11:08am PST
anarchists in venezuela?
This article is written from Venezuela by someone who has spent 3 weeks here
observing and talking to people on both sides of the conflict as well as with
many Venezuelan anarchists. However, I, unlike much of the mass media, do not claim to
know everything or to be completely unbiased as some of my personal political
beliefs clearly shine through in this article. It was in fact written partly
by request of members of the El Libertario collective in an effort to shine
some light...
Posted: Fri, Jan 31, 2003 9:31pm PST