Palestine

Pro-settler IDF troops mutiny on West Bank

A group of Israeli soldiers disobeyed orders to assist in the dismantling of two wooden structures that Jewish settlers had built without Israeli government authorization near Hebron.

Palestine

Palestinians protest Jerusalem demolitions

Violent clashes erupted between Palestinian residents and Israeli troops as military forces razed two houses in al-Bustan neighborhood of East Jerusalem’s Silwan district.

Central America

Honduras: more candidates join election boycott

Rodolfo Padilla, mayor of San Pedro Sula, joined a growing list of candidates who have withdrawn from the Honduran elections to protest control of the process by the de facto regime.

Mexico

Mexico: nationwide actions protest layoffs

Tens of thousands of unionists, campesinos and students protested in Mexico City and across the country in solidarity with the 44,000 electrical workers sacked by President Felipe Calderón.

Mexico

Mexico: judge clears activist in Brad Will murder

A Mexican judge ruled that evidence the government presented against activist Juan Manuel Martínez for the murder of New York-based journalist Brad Will was “false” and “prefabricated.”

Central America

Merida Initiative militarizes Panama

Student activists blocked roads in Panama to protest what they called plans for US military bases. Authorities say the bases will be Panamanian, but part of the US-backed Mérida Initiative.