North America
Pittsburgh is Honduras
Pittsburgh police used a Long Range Acoustic Device “audio cannon” against protesters at the G-20 Summit—which was also used against protesters in Honduras.
Author: CounterVortex
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo detainee repatriated to Kuwait
Kuwaiti Guantánamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi has been returned to his home country, leaving 222 who must be dealt with to meet Obama’s goal of closing the facility.
Palestine
More clashes at al-Aqsa Mosque as Abbas takes hit on Goldstone report
Palestinians again clashed with Israeli security forces at the al-Aqsa Mosque—as protests mounted against Mahmoud Abbas’s capitulation on the Gaza war crimes probe.
Afghanistan
Obama at crossroads on Afghanistan —and anti-war movement?
Anti-war activists held a White House protest to oppose the escalation in Afghanistan—as Code Pink ponders the implications of a US withdrawal for women’s rights.
Central America
Honduras: maquila owners call for intervention
Adolfo Facussé, president of the National Association of Industries of Honduras (ANDI), is proffering a proposal for a multinational intervention force in the Central American country.
Mexico
Mexico: government to bust electrical workers?
Mexican Electrical Workers Union members are guarding the facilities of the Central Light and Power Company amid claims of a government plot to provoke a blackout and blame the workers.
The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: plan 1-day strike against layoffs
Four Puerto Rican union leaders chained themselves to the gates of the governor’s official residence to protest plans to lay off 16,970 of the island’s 180,000 public employees.
The Caribbean
Brazil: activists call for end of Haiti occupation
Brazilian activists rallied and delivered an open letter to the UN Information Center in Rio de Janeiro opposing the continued presence of Brazilian troops in Haiti.
The Amazon
Peru: government discovers evidence of “uncontacted” tribe
Peru’s Indigenous Affairs Department, INDEPA, discovered evidence of an uncontacted tribe in a remote region of the Amazon. President Alan García has denied the existence of such tribes.
The Andes
Ecuador’s indigenous movement mobilizes to defend water
Ecuador’s indigenous movement launched a national mobilization to oppose President Rafael Correa’s pending water law, erecting roadblocks on several sections along the Panamerican highway.
Central America
Guatemala: killings linked to Canadian mineral interest?
Two Qeqchi Maya indigenous leaders were shot and killed and over a dozen wounded near the site of a shuttered Canadian-owned nickel mine in Guatemala.
Mexico
Chiapas: indigenous victory over mineral interest
The Canada-based Linear Gold Corp. ceded to pressure from indigenous communities who oppose plans to exploit gold and silver deposits at Ixhuatán in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas.