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BTL:General Strike Organized Against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Crumbles
Interview with Steve Ellner, professor of history in Caracas, Venezuela conducted by Between the Lines'Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jan 31, 2003 9:34am PST
Media Imbalance Amid Escalated Violence in Colombian Civil War
Millions of people rely on mainstream news sources to educate them on world events and foreign policy. Therefore, if the only explanation of the Colombian crisis provided by these sources falls within consistently selective standards that omit more than half of all violence, and show guerrilla attacks and the arrival of U.S. troops with no contextual analysis, escalation of the conflict will continue unchallenged....
Posted: Wed, Jan 29, 2003 3:57pm PST
Venezuelan president stands tall for the poor
At the press conference, Pres. Chavez refuted allegations that he was a dictator. He said he could provide many examples of how his government had contributed to the democratic process, and how he had supported the political and human rights of Venezuelans....
Posted: Wed, Jan 29, 2003 7:38am PST
1/27/03 - Update on the Digna Ochoa Investigation: IAHRC Investigators Arrive in Mexico
As you know, Ms. Ochoa was found shot to death in her office in Mexico City on October 19, 2001. One year and three months have passed since her death, and little progress has been made in the investigation....
Posted: Wed, Jan 29, 2003 6:43am PST
Venezuelan strike falters
Venezuela's 58-day-old strike by right-wing business groups and unions to remove the country's democratically elected president appears to be waning...
Posted: Tue, Jan 28, 2003 4:38pm PST
Manifesto in reference to direct action against president of PT (Brazil Workers Party)
(PICTURE INCLUDED) Based on the action conducted today afternoon, the International Association of Confectioners of Pies Without Borders want to say to the public:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2003 9:38pm PST
New York Times' Connections To Attempted Anti-Chavez Coup in Venezuela
Toro’s obsessive anti-Chavez position in Venezuela was publicly known after last April’s coup when he began sending emails to Narco News and other journalists who he placed on his own mailing list attacking Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. That the Times hired him in the first place was a violation of the Times’ own claims to objective and disinterested reporting. But regarding Venezuela, it was not the first....
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2003 8:43pm PST
Peace Process in El Salvador Threatened by Return of Political Violence
EL SALVADOR - Eleven years after the Chapultepec Peace Accords put an end to this nation's bloody civil war, the specter of political violence has returned to haunt the upcoming March legislative and mayoral elections in El Salvador....
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2003 4:15pm PST
5,000 Parents Of Conscripted Soldiers March In Bolivia
Perhaps the weakest link for the government right now is the 5,000 parents of conscripted soldiers who announced a march from El Alto to La Paz....
Posted: Sun, Jan 26, 2003 2:31am PST
ROTC in Puerto Rico Paralyzed for three days
For three days (Jan 22-24) the ROTC facilities at the University of Puerto Rico remained closed and all classes and operations were suspended due to a blockade by students that locked the gate and camped in front of it for 60 hours....
Posted: Sat, Jan 25, 2003 6:50am PST
Brazilian traditions: Festa de Sao Benedito (by Latuff)
Copyright-free by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of Brazilian people...my people....
Posted: Fri, Jan 24, 2003 11:06am PST
Bushs Fascists Bomb Pro Chavez Rally, and Kill One in Venezuela
Thu January 23, 2003 08:35 PM ET
CARACAS, Venezuela - A fascist on bushs payroll bombed a Pro Chavez Rally and killed one person and injured 15 on Thursday near a huge Pro Chavez rally in Caracas that drew over 2,000,000 people from around Venezuela....
Posted: Fri, Jan 24, 2003 6:10am PST
Peace Process in El Salvador Threatened by Return of Political Violence
EL SALVADOR – Eleven years after the Chapultepec Peace Accords put an end to this nation’s bloody civil war, the specter of political violence has returned to haunt the upcoming March legislative and mayoral elections in El Salvador....
Posted: Fri, Jan 24, 2003 3:08am PST
Delacour: Venezuela's Tainted Pollsters, Tainted Press. NarcoNews.com
"Once again, the commercial media in Venezuela and correspondents from other
countries are caught misleading you intentionally." -- Al Giordano of NarcoNews.com....
Posted: Thu, Jan 23, 2003 10:55pm PST
BOLIVIA: FIGHT ISOLATION TO DEFEAT THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS PLANS!
! STOP THE REPRESSION!
! POPULAR TRIBUNALS TO JUDGE THE ASSASSINES OF MINERS AND COCALEROS!
FOR NATIONAL COORDINATION OF STRUGGLE!
LOR-CI/ BARRICADA ROJA (YOUTH GROUP)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 23, 2003 8:30am PST
Brazil Indians: February 2003 The Killing Season
There has been a wave of violence against indigenous peoples
in the latest weeks in Brazil. One Indian was stoned to death
while sleeping on the sidewalk. Other two were murdered while
defending their land. In one of the attacks Indian women
were raped by ranch hands and policemen....
Posted: Wed, Jan 22, 2003 5:45pm PST
Failure of "STAY-BEHIND" C.I.A. operative in Venezuela
A link to an article in Spanish: "Stay- behind Fracaso del operativo en Venezuela", with pictures of Otto Reich and others, very good article regarding actual venezuelan crisis......
Posted: Wed, Jan 22, 2003 5:36pm PST
Bolivarians' Complaints to Lula's proposed International Coallition of Venezuelan Friends
Bolivarian Solidarity Network is presenting today its complaints about Lula's initiative of an International Group of Countries "friends of Venezuela" to help out finding a solution to Venezuelan crisis. Also they state that "We must be alert because the US government and the opposition are looking forward to create conditions to overthrow the Venezuelan government"....
Posted: Tue, Jan 21, 2003 12:29pm PST
Venezuela, January 19th, 2003
CocaCola - Polar - TV brainwashing - Bolivarians Hacked....
Posted: Mon, Jan 20, 2003 1:22am PST
High-Profile Brazilian Land Rights Activist Murdered
The leader of one of Brazil's largest indigenous groups was murdered this week by unidentified gunmen, according to London-based Survival International which issued a statement Wednesday condemning the killing and noting that it was the third assassination of an Indian in Brazil during the
first two weeks of 2003....
Posted: Sat, Jan 18, 2003 9:37am PST