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Uribe admits Colombian military violated Geneva convention, used Red Cross emblem President Uribe of Colombia has been forced to publicly admit that his government lied about the illegal use of the Red Cross emblem in their "operation" to rescue Ingrid Betancourt and US mercenaries who were prisoners of the FARC. Unfortunately for Uribe, video evidence clearly shows the Colombian government violating the Geneva Convention during the operation....
Posted: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 8:06pm PDT
WNU #954: Peruvian Campesinos, Workers in General Strike "For campesino communities in Peru, communal lands are the material basis of life, an ancestral institution, a space of indigenous peoples' social, economic and cultural identity, where life is organized on the basis of democracy and social justice criteria, and the practice of ancient forms of communal work on the land (minga, aynia)," AIDESEP said in a statement....
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:58pm PDT
Obama on Iraq and Afghanistan: A Friendly Critique From a Monday, July 14, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 7:50am PDT
Specter of a police state: Mexican torture videos reveal ties with US military contractors Friday, July 11, 2008 :On July 1, videos surfaced on the Internet and Mexican television depicting police officers practicing torture techniques in the city of León, Guanajuato. The videos reveal ongoing ties between Mexican authorities and US military contractors, and an escalation of repressive measures against the Mexican working class, youth and peasantry....
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 7:40am PDT
Mexican federal agents attempt to dismantle Radio Ñomndaa translation of original spanish comunique, which follows...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 9:36pm PDT
Help Caravan to Cuba: call Border Patrol, Office of Foreign Assets Control Calls needed to Border Patrol and Office of Foreign Assets Control to demand release of computers seized at border.
Computers were donated to be given to schools and medical clinics in Cuba....
Posted: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 9:41am PDT
A Look at the FARC, Colombian Paramilitary Groups and the Generals Being Feted For the Hostage Rescue Tuesday, July 8, 2008 :Three American military contractors freed from the Colombian jungle have spoken out against their former captors, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, were among the fifteen hostages including the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt rescued in an elaborate military operation last week in a major blow to the FARC. We host a roundtable discussion with Mario Murillo, author of "Colombia and the Unit...
Posted: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 8:03am PDT
Rising inflation and unemployment in Chile drive workers into debt and poverty Monday, July 7, 2008 :Chile is characterized by some economists as the most globalized nation in Latin America. The more conservative among them present it as a model to be followed by other countries on the continent. They point to the countrys supposed stability and security and Chiles economic growth in recent years....
Posted: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 10:30pm PDT
WNU #953: Latin American Pride, Mexican Torture Training On June 30 El Heraldo de León, a newspaper based in León in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, released two graphic videotapes showing police agents from León's Special Tactical Group (GET) torturing other agents during training sessions....
Posted: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 7:33pm PDT
Company that Led Training in Torture Techniques for Mexican Police Is Risks Incorporated of Miami, Florida Monday, July 7, 2008 The foreign company captured on video training police in León, Mexico, in torture techniques is Risks Incorporated of Miami, Florida, and Great Britain, Narco News has learned. The Mexican daily El Universal identified the leaders of the torture workshop as “Jerry Wilson” of Great Britain and Cuban-Mexican Gerardo Arrechea on July 3, but officials refused to identify the company for which they worked....
Posted: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 7:48am PDT
Mounting questions about Colombian hostage operation Monday, July 7, 2008 :As right-wing politicians on three continents basked in the reflected glory of an ostensibly brilliant July 2 rescue of hostages held by Colombias FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia) guerrillas, doubts have surfaced as to the real character of this operation....
Posted: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 7:34am PDT
Independence for Colombian Hostages is a Blow to FARC Originally From New America Media
Saturday, July 5, 2008 :Thanks to the Colombian military and their valiant operation, the once-held U.S. captives are experiencing freedom on this Day of Independence in the United States, as opposed to enduring additional jungle incarceration under the FARC....
Posted: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 8:53pm PDT
Pro-Chavez Catholics under fire Saturday, July 5, 2008 : Religious leaders in Venezuela criticise a recently formed church that openly backs President Hugo Chavez's socialist politics....
Posted: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 8:49pm PDT
The Real "Operation" to Rescue Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, filter the content and out of this is formed a true understanding of the facts of what happened here. A version in Portuguese is available here....
Posted: Fri, Jul 4, 2008 9:12pm PDT
Urgent!! Caravan to Cuba needs help! Urgent!! Caravan to Cuba needs help!
We just got a call from Janet Louise Wilson, who is traveling with the 19th Caravan to Cuba to deliver donated medical supplies. They have been stopped at the border crossing near McAllen, Texas, where border guards are confiscating all the donated computers on the buses. The group is currently debating whether to initiate a stand off.
Please call your congressional representatives immediately and tell them to swarm all over the Treasury Depa...
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 9:12am PDT
Rescue Frees 15 Hostages From Colombian Guerillas Thursday, July 3, 2008 : Fifteen hostages were freed in Colombia yesterday, after being held by the guerrilla group FARC. Among the hostages was Ingrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate who had been held for six years....
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 7:46am PDT
WNU #952: Is CANF Smuggling Cuban Migrants? Cuban ambassador Manuel Aguilera confirmed in an interview in Mexico City on June 24 that the Cuban government possessed intelligence indicating that CANF is "who's behind all this."...
Posted: Mon, Jun 30, 2008 7:12pm PDT
Colombia: McCain’s Visit Should Focus on Democracy and Rights (Washington, DC, June 30, 2008) During his upcoming visit to Colombia, Senator John McCain should not be blinded by the governments spin that human rights and democracy are on the right track, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to McCain made public today. According to press reports, McCain will visit Colombia on July 1....
Posted: Mon, Jun 30, 2008 6:07pm PDT
U.S. Senate Spy Bill—Locked and Loaded to Shoot Down 1st and 4th Amendments More frequently U.S. Senators can be seen on Television reading sections of HR 6304 that they claim will protect lawful persons in the U.S. from being targeted by government wiretaps. Not mentioned by the Senators, is that THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008 includes a low level of “probable cause” that will permit Government to wiretap U.S. phone calls, faxes and emails....
Posted: Sat, Jun 28, 2008 10:07pm PDT
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