Europe
Bulgaria protesters say ‘NOligarchy!’
Over the past 10 days, thousands of protesters have repeatedly taken to the streets of Bulgaria to oppose the interim coalition government of Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski.
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The Andes
Colombia: two dead in eradication protests
Following two weeks of escalating protests by local campesinos, two were killed as National Police troops opened fire at Ocaña in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department.
The Andes
Peru: student protests rock Cuzco
Riot police clashed with student protesters in Cuzco opposing a proposed education law they call a step towards privatizion of Peru’s national university system.
Inner Asia
China: Uighurs imprisoned for online ‘extremism’
Courts in China’s far western province of Xinjiang sentenced 11 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in prison for promoting racial hatred and religious extremism online.
Mexico
Mexico: Israel training Chiapas police?
Israel’s embassy in Mexico City denied widespread reports in the Mexican media that Israeli military advisors are training police in the southern state of Chiapas.
The Andes
Peru: new stand-off at Conga mine site
Some 4,000 campesino protesters again converged on the Conga mine site in Peru, pledging to establish an encampement and remain there to resist operations.
Guatemala’s long road to justice
Woman from the indigenous Ixil community in the Guatemalan highlands holds a cross with the name of a family murdered in 1986 in the village of Sajsiban. On May 20, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court overturned the historic guilty verdict of the… Read moreGuatemala’s long road to justice
Iran
US, Iranian forces converge on Syria
Some 5,000 US troops are in Jordan to participate in the multi-national Eager Lion exercises—just as Iran is sending 4,000 Revolutionary Guards to support Syria's Bashar Assad.
Greater Middle East
Turkish unions appeal for solidarity
Turkey’s DISK labor federation is calling for international solidarity as Prime Minister Erdogan declared its general strike in support of the protest movement “illegal.”
The Andes
Bill Weinberg to speak on land and freedom in Peru
World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg, just back from Peru, will speak Friday June 28 at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) on New York's Lower East Side.
The Andes
Bolivia: how many indigenous nationalities?
Meeting with Bolivia’s jurists to hash out protocols for autonomy, traditional authorities accused the government of underestimating the number of indigenous peoples.
The Amazon
Peru: demands emerge for ‘plurinational state’
As Peru’s government continues to stall on implementation of the Prior Consultation Law, indigenous leaders have issued calls for declaration of a “plurinational state.”