As Mexico’s federal Government Secretary Carlos Abascal appealed to Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz Ortiz to reconsider his stated intention to remain in office, thousands of the embattled governor’s supporters rallied in the streets of Oaxaca City Nov. 7. That same… Read moreDueling marches in Oaxaca; “governability” still not restored
Note the last paragraph. Tajikistan, it seems, is the new Uzbekistan. Islam Karimov may now be Moscow’s son of a bitch. But Emomali Rakhmonov is (as FDR said of Nicaraguan dictator Anastaio Somoza) “our son of a bitch.” From Pakistan’s… Read moreTajikistan: autocrat holds pseudo-election
Have we finally arrived at the pinnacle of cynicism? The use of torture is used as an excuse to keep detainees from speaking publicly about…the use of torture. From AP, Nov. 5, link added: Court Told It Lacks Power in… Read moreSecret “interrogation techniques” justify incommunicado detention
From El Universal, Nov. 7, via Chiapas95: OAXACA – A combative grandmother known as Doctor Berta has become the signature voice of the insurgents in Oaxaca, where radio airwaves have become an essential tool of protesters. With each day that… Read moreGrandma is radio voice of Oaxaca’s resistance
For all of the lurid propaganda about Islamo-fascism, you’d think these guys would at least know a little about Islam… From the Nov. 2 editorial page of the conservative Washington Times, link added: What they don’t know is frightening How… Read moreGWOT policy makers don’t know Sunni from Shi’ite
In this Nov. 8 commentary for Truthout, Jason Leopold saves some salient facts about the incoming Defense Secretary from the Orwellian Memory Hole. It seems that like the outgoing Rumsfeld, he was instrumental in building US intelligence and military links… Read moreRobert Gates: another ex-Saddam symp takes helm at Pentagon
From Mexico’s El Universal, Nov. 7 via Chiapas95: GENEVA – The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), embroiled in a conflict with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), will present a report before the UN human rights officials on Wednesday saying that… Read moreMexico: torture up 300% under Fox
From the AP, Nov. 7: Hundreds protest border fence in Mexico CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico — The mayor of a Mexican city on the Texas border led about 400 people on a 55-mile march Tuesday to protest U.S. plans for new… Read moreProtests against border wall both sides of the line
Under the slogan “the struggle of Oaxaca is the struggle of Puebla,” representatives of the Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) met with local activists in the capital of neighboring Puebla state Nov. 3. Leaders of the Frente Civico Poblano… Read more“Popular Assembly of the State of Puebla” proclaimed
From Reporters Without Borders, Nov. 3 via Chiapas95: While noting that two of Indymedia cameraman Brad Will’s alleged killers were arrested and taken before a judge yesterday in Oaxaca, Reporters Without Borders today condemned the shortcomings in the investigation into… Read moreOaxaca: Brad Will’s killers still at large?
Oaxaca’s beseiged Gov. Ulises Ruiz continues to resist calls for his resignation from all three of Mexico’s major political parties. He insisted Nov. 4 that the conflict in his state affects only “one avenue in one of 570 municipalities.” (La… Read moreOaxaca: Ruiz intransigent despite growing resistance
Tens of thousands of protesters from across Mexico have gathered in Oaxaca City Nov. 5 to defy federal police control of the streets in what organizers are calling a “mega-march.” Cars and buses from throughout the country arrived at Oaxaca‘s… Read moreOaxaca: “mega-march” defies federal police
