The Andes
Colombia: coffee strike claims advances
With a strike that lasted from Feb. 24 to March 8, tens of thousands of Colombian coffee growers took to the streets across the country, ultimately claiming victory.
Author: CounterVortex
Mexico
Wave of barroom balaceras across Mexico
Gunmen shot up nightclubs in Chihuahua, Oaxaca and Guerrero, killing 11 and kidnapping oneāthe latest in a surge of violence since the change of government in Mexico.
Inner Asia
China: Mongol herders’ protest march blocked
Police in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region blocked an attempted cross-country march by traditional Mongol herders, with police assaulting hundreds in two incidents.
Inner Asia
Tibet mine disaster exposes internal colonialism
As rescuers struggle to reach workers trapped by a landslide at a Tibetan gold mine, China’s authorities “scrubbed” microblog comments on the costs of breakneck mineral exploitation.
Inner Asia
Tibet: self-immolations reach 114
A young monk burned himself to death in Gansu provinceāthe third Tibetan to torch himself and die in as many days, taking the total reported toll since 2009 to 114.
Africa
UN approves Congo ‘intervention brigade’
The UN Security Council unanimously approved the first-ever “offensive” UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
South Asia
Buddhist pogroms in Burma, Sri Lanka
The campaign of ethnic cleansing against Muslims in Burma has spread from the coast to the country’s heartland, with similar attacks now mounting in Sri Lanka.
Mexico
Mexico: “community police” seize conflicted town
Following the slaying of a “Community Police” commander in Guerrero state, members of the popular militia seized public buildings and detained 12 “official” police agents.
Africa
Pipeline intrigues behind South Sudan fighting
South Sudan says Khartoum is fomenting rebellion in Jonglei state in a bid to block the South’s plans to build an oil pipeline through Ethiopia to a port in Djibouti.
North Africa
World Social Forum meets Arab Spring
As thousands of activists from around the world converge on Tunisia for the World Social Forum, the country faces austerity measures as the condition of a $1.78 billion IMF loan.
Central America
Honduras: US ‘drug war’ aid linked to death squad
An AP probe refutes US claims that no police aid to Honduras goes to units under the force's overall commander Juan Carlos Bonilla AKA "El Tigre"—an accused death squad leader.
The Andes
Peru: radio station closed in conflicted Espinar
Radio Espinar, the local transmitter in Espinar province of Peru’s Cuzco region, charges that its license was revoked as retaliation for its coverage of anti-mining protests.