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Ignoring Murders of Colombian Unionists, Bush Set to Honor Uribe Tuesday, January 6, 2009 : President Bush couldn’t reward murder with a trade deal. Now he’s rewarding Colombian President Uribe with a medal. In a final flip-off to human rights activists, international trade unionists and Colombian workers, President Bush will award the United States’ highest civilian honor—the Presidential Medal of Freedom—to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe....
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 8:57am PST
Venezuelan President Chavez: Gaza operation is a Palestinian 'holocaust' Venezuela expelled the ambassador to Israel on Tuesday in protest over the offensive in Gaza only hours after leftist President Hugo Chavez called the attacks a Palestinian "holocaust."...
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 5:10pm PST
Cuba's revolution has inspired humanity for 50 years Jan. 1, 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It is an occasion for rejoicing by all who love justice and struggle as partisans for the working class, the poor and the oppressed....
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:06am PST
Nineteen Appistas Arrested in Palestine Demonstration in Oaxaca The announcement of the Israel invasion of Gaza provoked world-wide pro-Palestine demonstrations, among them a protest march of a small number of adherents to the Asamblea Popular of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), who on Saturday, January 3, marched from the neighborhood of Siete Regiones to the office of the American consul....
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 9:04am PST
WNU #973: Latin America Reacts to Attack on Gaza On Dec. 29 an unnamed Israeli official indicated that his government wasn't worried about world reactions to the assault. "[T]he tone of the criticism is moderate, tempered and balanced," he said, "at least in the countries that count."...
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2009 9:28pm PST
EZLN Criticizes the Drug War During the Festival of Dignified Rage in Chiapas, Subcomandante Marcos breaks the EZLN's silence on the drug war...
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2009 6:37pm PST
Cuba marks 50th anniversary of revolution in shadow of world crisis Cuba's leadership marked the 50th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the corrupt US-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and brought Fidel Castro to power with relatively small and subdued ceremonies....
Posted: Sat, Jan 3, 2009 9:08am PST
Castro marks Cuban revolution Thursday, January 1, 2009 : Cuba commemorates 50th anniversary of overthrow of US-backed government....
Posted: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 7:25pm PST
Mexico's Drug War Death Toll: 8,463 and Counting A record-breaking 5,612 people were executed in Mexico’s drug war in 2008, making the drug war more deadly than the drugs...
Posted: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 10:24am PST
La Digna Rabia contra la Matanza en Gaza Este crimen representa un aumento peligroso del holocausto permanente que se comete contra el pueblo palestino con el financiamiento de Estados Unidos y el silencio cómplice, hipócrita e indigno del mundo....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 11:01pm PST
Urgente solicitud para firmas en el caso Atenco Favor de enviar firmas antes del 4 de enero para exigir la libertad de todos los presos de Atenco y un fin a la persecución de Adán Espinoza y Bernadino Cruz....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 1:56am PST
Urgent request for signatures in Atenco case Please send your signatures before January 4 to demand freedom for the Atenco prisoners and an end to the hunt for Adán Espinoza and Bernadino Cruz....
Posted: Tue, Dec 30, 2008 1:51am PST
WNU #972: Brazil Signs Arms Deal With France The US State Department gave the Colombian police intelligence agency a $5 million contract to provide "internet surveillance software." "As a result," the letter says, "US taxpayers were apparently paying for Colombian agencies to spy on legitimate US and Colombian humanitarian organizations."...
Posted: Mon, Dec 29, 2008 8:43pm PST
Mexican ALF closes poultry shop with direct action Direct action gets the goods in Mexico. A Poultry shop in Mexico that was sabotaged by the FLA closes down for good....
Posted: Mon, Dec 29, 2008 8:00pm PST
The struggle for Communication II Think globally, act locally! The governor Roberto Requiao sent a letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the document, In the document, Requiao says that the Government of Paraná officially supports the implementation of the National Conference of Communication. The president must sign, until December 31, a decree calling the conference - just so it can be held in 2009. The event, which wants to discuss the democratization of the Brazilian media, is a proposal of entities from around the country....
Posted: Mon, Dec 29, 2008 2:50pm PST
WNU #971: No "Turning Point" for US and Cuba In a sign of the region's growing independence, the leaders joked openly about outgoing US president George Bush and a Dec. 14 incident in which an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad. The other leaders laughed when Lula threatened to throw Celso Amorim's large-size shoes at President Chávez if he spoke too long. Chávez, known for speaking past time limits, smiled and finished in five minutes....
Posted: Sun, Dec 21, 2008 8:41pm PST
Mexican Drug Lords Diversify Their Business Friday, December 19, 2008 : Drug violence in Mexico is way up, but demand for drugs in the U.S. is down. So drug lords are turning to other more violent ways to make money. We explore how this situation plays out in the border community of Tijuana....
Posted: Sat, Dec 20, 2008 10:04am PST
Mensaje para las manifestaciones por la libertad de Mumia Abu-Jamal en México ¡Rendirnos jamás! El sistema no es verdaderamente poderoso....
Posted: Fri, Dec 19, 2008 1:03am PST
The struggle for communication The IMC of the world are the most appropriate space for discussions and proposals around the right to communication. The hemisphere, the continent and the world were, are and will be affected by what happens to almost the 200,000,000 (two hundred million) Brazilian citizens. We are all together on this ship in danger that is the planet earth. No one is alone or alone can solve the most serious problems....
Posted: Thu, Dec 18, 2008 5:34am PST
What NAFTA did to the Campesinos... The Pemex theft proposal and other lies of NAFTA and CAFTA...
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2008 7:01pm PST
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