Jihad and Ethnic Conflict Heat Up India-Bangladesh Borderlands by Nava Thakuria, World War 4 Report The October 30 synchronized terrorist attacks in the northeastern India state of Assam left more than 70 dead and authorities wondering if the culprits were… Read moreASSAM IN FLAMES
Continue ReadingASSAM IN FLAMESfrom Frontera NorteSur When land conflicts in Mexico make the US news at all, they are generally in the impoverished deep-south states of Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero, while violence in Mexico’s industrialized north more often concerns the drug cartel wars…. Read moreLOMAS DE POLEO: LAND STRUGGLE IN CIUDAD JUAREZ
Continue ReadingLOMAS DE POLEO: LAND STRUGGLE IN CIUDAD JUAREZVíctor Gerardo Garay Cadena, acting commander of Mexico’s Federal Preventative Police (PFP), stepped down Oct. 31 under cloud of scandal, after one of his top lieutenants was arrested on charges of providing protection to the Sinaloa Cartel. “I am resigning… Read moreMexico: federal police chief steps down in narco-scandal
President Evo Morales, speaking before a cheering crowd of coca-growers, announced Nov. 1 that he is suspending “until further notice” the operations of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Bolivia, accusing the agency of spying and encouraging anti-government protests…. Read moreBolivia boots DEA
