On Oct. 24, about 60 people demonstrated in Minneapolis to protest a recent ICE sweep through southern Minnesota. The demonstration was called by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition. (The Militant, Nov. 10) From Oct. 21 to 23, ICE Fugitive… Read moreICE raids protested in Minnesota, Michigan
In a 12-count indictment issued Nov. 20 in US District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the former CEO and three managers of the Agriprocessors kosher meat company were charged with new counts in connection with the hiring of unauthorized workers… Read moreNew indictment in Agriprocessors immigration case
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In the days before the presidential elections, the US launched an air-strike on a village in Syria. Since then, the US has been bombing Pakistan every few days, with the media paying very little note. Our November Exit Poll was:… Read moreOur readers write: January Surprise?
The army is patrolling the streets of Jos, in central Nigeria, after four days of violence between Muslims and Christians left hundreds dead. A Muslim charity says it has collected more than 300 bodies that had been brought to local… Read moreNigeria: hundreds dead in sectarian clashes
Bolivia’s government said Nov. 30 it is preparing “terrorism” charges against Branko Marinkovic, a leader of the autonomy movement in the country’s four hydrocarbon-rich eastern departments, in connection with a wave of strikes and protests earlier this year in which… Read moreBolivia: terrorism charges for autonomy leader?
Mexican President Felipe CalderĂłn, speaking at last week’s APEC summit in Lima, warned US President-elect Barack Obama against following through on his campaign pledge to consider revising the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would send more Mexicans across… Read moreMexico: CalderĂłn warns Obama on NAFTA revision
Twenty people were killed in apparent narco-violence Nov. 28—mostly in the border cities of Ciudad Juárez and Tijuana. The single bloodiest incident occurred when a group of hooded gunmen opened raided on a party at Juárez seafood restaurant, singling out… Read moreMexico: Ciudad Juárez violence escalates
Peru’s President Alan GarcĂa Nov. 27 blamed his country’s recent rash of guerilla attacks on Mexico’s drug cartels, saying their inroads have sparked violent turf wars. “Mexican cartels are capturing, or trying to capture, the Peruvian market. This is the… Read morePeru: GarcĂa blames Mexican cartels for Sendero violence
In the prelude to last week’s APEC summit in Lima, the leaders of Canada and Colombia met in the Peruvian capital to sign a free trade agreement. “In a time of global economic instability free trade is more important than… Read moreColombia signs free trade agreement with Canada
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced on live television Nov. 27 that he would not permit “foreign commandos” to be contracted by opposition politicians, in response to rumors that the newly elected governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles Radonski, is planning… Read moreVenezuelan opposition contracting Israeli mercenaries?
In a ceremony capping the first visit of a Russian president to Venezuela, Hugo Chávez met with Dmitri Medvedev aboard a Russian warship moored off the port of La Guiara Nov. 27, four days before joint military exercises between the… Read moreMedvedev, Chávez meet on eve of naval maneuvers
