Electronic Journal & Daily Report COLOMBIA’S HEART OF DARKNESS IN MANHATTAN—AND WASHINGTON by Bill Weinberg, The Nation McCAIN’S BIG OIL TIES —FROM IRAQ TO COLOMBIA by Nikolas Kozloff, NACLA News TOTAL RECALL IN BOLIVIA Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote by… Read moreIssue #148, August 2008
from Weekly News Update on the Americas On July 8, thousands of Peruvians mobilized for the first day of a 48-hour national agricultural strike, called by the National Agrarian Confederation (CNA) and the Campesino Confederation of Peru to demand the… Read morePERU: CAMPESINOS, WORKERS IN GENERAL STRIKE
Continue ReadingPERU: CAMPESINOS, WORKERS IN GENERAL STRIKEby Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus While drafting the so-called Bali Roadmap during the UN conference on climate change last December, delegates faced a painful choice. They could specifically mention the necessity of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by… Read moreHOKKAIDO: THE ANTI-CLIMATE SUMMIT
Continue ReadingHOKKAIDO: THE ANTI-CLIMATE SUMMITDivided Nation Faces Historic Vote by Ben Dangl, Toward Freedom In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote on his presidency, “I’ll have two and half years left.”… Read moreTOTAL RECALL IN BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingTOTAL RECALL IN BOLIVIAby Nikolas Kozloff, NACLA News When you consider John McCain’s ties to Big Oil, the GOP candidate’s claim to be a political maverick taking on special interests is nothing short of absurd. According to Progressive Media USA, a Washington, DC-based… Read moreMcCAIN’S BIG OIL TIES —FROM IRAQ TO COLOMBIA
Continue ReadingMcCAIN’S BIG OIL TIES —FROM IRAQ TO COLOMBIAby Bill Weinberg, The Nation Colombian paramilitary commander Diego “Don Berna” Fernando Murillo—ex-boss of Medellín’s feared Cacique Nutibara Bloc—was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan last month on cocaine charges that could land him in prison for thirty years. He… Read moreCOLOMBIA’S HEART OF DARKNESS IN MANHATTAN —AND D.C.
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA’S HEART OF DARKNESS IN MANHATTAN —AND D.C.Retired Colombian army colonel Guillermo Armando Gordillo confessed to the Fiscalía (attorney general) his participation in the slaying of eight people, including three children, at the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó on Feb. 21, 2005. The Fiscalía said… Read moreColombia: army colonel admits participation in Peace Community massacre
