Innu block roads in northern Quebec
Local Innu are blocking a highway outside the town of Sept-ĂŽles to protest their exclusion from talks over Quebec’s Plan Nord mega-project to exploit timber and energy resources.
Author: CounterVortex
Palestine
Israel releases ‘red line’ document
Following a legal battle by rights groups, Israel released the “Red Line” document, establishing minimum daily caloric intake necessary for the survival of Gaza’s inhabitants.
Africa
Sectarian violence rocks Nigeria —and Tanzania
Gunmen killed 22 in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria, while Muslim youth attacked churches in Dar es Salaam following reports of a Christian youth desecrating a Koran.
North Africa
Tunisia: growing attacks by religious extremists
Human Rights Watch called on Tunisian authorities to investigate a series of attacks by religious extremists over the past 10 months and bring those responsible to justice.
The Andes
Peru: campesino vigilance at Conga mine site
Campesinos in Cajamarca are organizing round-the-clock vigilance at the proposed site of the Conga gold mine, skeptical of official assurances that the project is suspended.
The Andes
Citibank to take over ‘Peru’s Chernobyl’
Creditors of the troubled Doe Run Peru company voted to sell the controversial metal smelting complex at La Oroya—dubbed “Peru’s Chernobyl”—to Citibank.
The Andes
Peru: narco-mineral integration
The US Justice Department has frozen the assets of mineral companies owned by Peru’s Sánchez-Paredes family, finding that they are fronts for cocaine trafficking.
The Amazon
High court rejects Chevron appeal in Ecuador case
The US Supreme Court declined to Chevron’s bid to block global enforcement of a $19 billion judgment by a court in Ecuador, in a victory for 30,000 rainforest dwellers.
The Andes
Colombia: riot police attack student protesters
The Colombian National Police elite anti-riot squad, ESMAD, stormed the campus of the the Technological University of ChocĂł, which had been successfully occupied for 40 days.
The Amazon
Colombia apologizes for Amazon genocide
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Día de La Raza issued an official apology to indigenous communities in the Amazon for devastation caused by the rubber boom.
Central America
Guatemala: arrests in peasant massacre
Guatemalan authorities arrested a colonel and eight soldiers over the extrajudicial killings of eight indigenous protestors in the department of Totonicapan last week.
Central America
Guatemala claims arrest of local Zetas boss
Guatemalan authorities arrested the presumed leader of a Zetas cell in the region along the Mexican border, where the group's incursion has forced the displacement of local residents.