Several large operations by federal and local Mexican police from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9 broke up protests by striking teachers and their supporters in Morelos state, south of Mexico City, leaving dozens of people detained or injured. Morelos teachers… Read moreMexico: police repress teachers’ strike in Morelos
The Dominican Republic deported 691 people into Haiti at the border town of Belladere in the Central Plateau department from Sept. 4 to Sept. 30, according to the local Human Rights Committee, which is part of the Jeannot Succes Border… Read moreDominican Republic deports Haitian workers
As of Oct. 7 Puerto Rico’s teachers had been voting for a week on whether the Puerto Rican Teachers Union (SPM) should represent them. The island’s 40,000 teachers were previously represented by the 42-year-old Teachers’ Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR),… Read morePuerto Rico: teachers vote on union
The Turkish military said that its warplanes hit targets of the PKK guerillas in the Zap region of northern Iraq Oct. 12. The Turkish General Staff said in a statement that this was the seventh time that Turkey’s warplanes have… Read moreTurkey bombs Iraq —yet again!
A coast guard patrol from the independent Somali region of Puntland on Oct. 14 freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week. Puntland’s special Rescue Commando Forces raided the… Read moreSomalia: Puntland patrol pinches pirates
One of India’s most isolated tribes, the Dongria Kondh, is preparing to stop British FTSE 100 company Vedanta from mining aluminum ore on their sacred mountain, after police and hired thugs forced protesters to dismantle a barricade over the weekend…. Read moreIndia: tribe vows to fight mine with axes and arrows
Indians from the Enawene Nawe tribe in the Brazilian Amazon occupied and shut down the site of a huge hydroelectric dam Oct. 11, destroying equipment, in an attempt to save the river that runs through their land. The Enawene Nawe… Read moreBrazil: Amazon tribe occupies dam site
Based on local medical examiner reports, the Tucson-based Human Rights Coalition recently reported that the number of unidentified bodies found in the Arizona-Sonora border region is on the upswing. According to the immigrant rights advocacy group, 183 people were found… Read moreToll of unknown victims on Mexico-Arizona border rises
Gunmen killed six young men the night of Oct. 11 at a family party in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. Most of the victims were shot; one was beaten to death, and one body was found wrapped in… Read moreMexico: narco-killing spree in Ciudad Juárez —and throughout country
Iran’s top diplomat in Bolivia says his country will open two health clinics in the Andean nation as a base for future Red Crescent projects in South America. The agreement was signed by Iranian business attaché Hojjatollah Soltani and the… Read moreIran to open clinics in Bolivia
At least 18 were killed, including 12 soldiers, when Sendero Luminoso guerillas ambushed a Peruvian army convoy late Oct. 9, military sources say. A child was among six civilians killed in the ambush on four trucks transporting troops and civilians… Read morePeru: Sendero resurgent in Apurimac Valley
Calling his corrupt underlings “rats,” Peru’s President Alan García has dismissed his entire cabinet in what the local media have dubbed the “Petrogate” scandal, and appointed a popular left-wing regional governor as prime minister. Allegations of kickbacks in the granting… Read morePeru: cabinet shake-up in “Petrogate” scandal
