Iran plans to open a television station “for all of Latin America,” to be based in the coca-growing Chaparé region of Bolivia, President Evo Morales announced at a gathering of cocaleros after his re-election as president of Bolivia’s coca-growers union…. Read moreIran to launch TV station in Bolivia’s coca country
Bolivia’s National Electoral Court (CNE) issued a ruling March 7 postponing a referendum on the new draft constitution scheduled for May 4, saying there is not enough time to ensure “legal guarantees” and an “adequate electoral environment.” CNE president José… Read moreBolivian electoral court halts referendums; eastern regions voice defiance
Fugitive environmental activist Tre Arrow was extradited from Canada Feb. 29 to stand trial in Oregon on conspiracy and arson charges after nearly four years in a Canadian prison. The 14-count indictment charges him with taking part in the destruction… Read moreCanada extradites eco-militant
A small bomb caused minor damage to New York’s Times Square military recruiting station before dawn March 7, and police are searching for a hooded bicyclist observed pedaling away on a surveillance video. The blast left a hole in the… Read moreAdventurist yahoo (or police provocateur?) attacks Times Square recruiting station
Ecuadoran authorities are trying to detemrine if five students and professors from Mexico “carrying out investigations in the zone” were killed in Colombia’s March 1 air-strike on a FARC guerilla camp in the Ecuadoran Amazon. At least one Mexican student… Read moreMexican students killed in Colombian strike on Ecuador?
Some 40,000 people took part in a Bogotá march for victims of Colombia’s paramilitary and armed forces. Organized by the State Crimes Victims Movement (MOVICE), the march was a direct response to last month’s mobilization against the FARC guerillas. The… Read moreColombians march against state, paramilitary violence
In a disconcerting Feb. 29 clip from Cuba’s Prensa Latina, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez suggests that CIA-backed “anarchists” could be behind recent campus violence and bomb attacks in the country: The conservative attack on the regional elections slated for November… Read moreChávez CIA-baits Venezuelan “anarchists”
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a ruling upholding the rights of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in the northern war-torn Urabá region, ordering the Colombian government to take steps to end the state of impunity in the crimes… Read moreColombian high court issues ruling on Peace Community
The Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution March 5 declaring the Colombian military raid into Ecuador a violation of sovereignty. The resolution was approved in Washington after talks in which the United States was the hemisphere’s only nation… Read moreLines drawn in Andean crisis
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe upped the rhetorical ante against Venezuela March 4, accusing Hugo Chávez of supporting “genocide” and threatening to bring charges against him at The Hague. “Colombia proposes to denounce Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, in the International… Read moreUribe: Chávez supports “genocide”
A car bomber tried to hit a government building in the Tani district of Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province March 3, but Afghan guards opened fire. A police officer was killed and five others, including an Afghan soldier, were wounded in… Read moreAfghanistan: bombs rock Khost
The idiot left has lost no time in blasting Kosova’s declaration of independence. The latest spew from New York’s International Action Center screams “US Hands Off Serbia!” and cheers the Belgrade protests (where wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic was hailed… Read moreKosova: really “independent”?
