South Asia
Protests rock Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar and other towns in India-administrated Jammu and Kashmir are under curfew following unrest over the killing of four protesters by the Border Security Forces.
Day: July 19, 2013
EGYPT: REVOLUTIONARIES PUSH OUT ISLAMISTS
But Face Another Round of Military Rule by Kevin Anderson, International Marxist Humanists June 30, 2013 saw the largest revolutionary popular mobilization in Egyptian history. On that day, up to 17 million people took to the streets across the country… Read moreEGYPT: REVOLUTIONARIES PUSH OUT ISLAMISTS
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Mexico
Chiapas cancels carbon deal with California
The government of Chiapas cancelled a controversial forest protection plan that critics said failed to address root causes of deforestation and endangered indigenous peoples.
The Andes
Peru: deadline for payment on expropriated lands
Peru’s Constitutional Tribunal issued a decision ordering the government to honor debt owed for land confiscated under the agrarian reform that began in the 1960s.