On Sept. 7, hundreds of Argentines rallied in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires in solidarity with jailed activists Fernando Esteche and Raul Lescano, who have been on hunger strike since Aug. 21 at the Ezeiza prison. Esteche and… Read moreArgentina: jailed activists on hunger strike
On Sept. 13 Mexican federal district judge Livia Lizbeth Larumbe Radilla, based in Acapulco in the southern state of Guerrero, ordered the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to suspend further construction of La Parota hydroelectric dam across the Papagayo River. The… Read moreMexico: judge suspends La Parota dam
Valerie Taliman of the Indian Law Resource Center writes for Indian Country Today, Sept. 14: NEW YORK – After three decades of drafts, deliberations and delays, the United Nations General Assembly voted Sept. 13 to adopt the Declaration on the… Read moreUN approves Indigenous Declaration
Zapatista and anti-Zapatista Chol Maya peasants clashed with machetes Sept. 12 at the Cascadas de Agua Azul eco-tourist zone, in Tumbalá municipality of southern Mexico’s conflicted Chiapas state. One anti-Zapatista was wounded and three Zapatistas captured by their adversaries before… Read moreChiapas: Zapatistas clash with opponents
Mexico’s Special Investigative Sup-Prosecutor for Organized Delinquency (SIEDO) says it is probing plans by the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) to kidnap high federal government officials and bomb foreign embassies. The plans were supposedly revealed by Hermenegildo Torres Cruz, a member… Read moreMexico: guerillas pledge continued resistance
This gives new meaning to the phrase “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” No “global warming skeptics” in Tuvalu! From Reuters, Sept. 13: SEOUL — The tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu on Thursday urged the rest of… Read moreTuvalu protests global warming
Rebel commanders in Darfur are urging Abdel Wahid el-Nur, founder of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A), to agree to go to peace talks with the Sudanese government slated to open at the end of October in Libya under the auspices… Read moreDarfur: Sudan woos some rebels —bombs others
Tuareg guerillas opened fire with AK-47s on a US Hercules military aircraft flying in supplies for Malian troops pinned down at Tin-Zawatine near the border with Algeria Sept. 12. There were no casualties and the plane managed to return to… Read moreMali: Tuareg rebels fire on US military plane
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin accused Norway of supporting “terrorist groups” based in Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan. “Norway tries to build a peace-keeping image, but cannot do so at the expense of the peace on the Horn of Africa,” Mesfin… Read moreEthiopia: Norway supports terrorism
Tens of thousands packed Addis Ababa’s main square for millennium festivities Sept. 11 that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said should mark a new beginning for Ethiopia. Meles said the occasion heralded a “glorious new page” in the country’s history. “A… Read moreEthiopia: millennium celebrations politicized
Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he resigned to break a deadlock in parliament over Japan’s support for US-led operations in Afghanistan. Former foreign minister Taro Aso, who shares Abe’s pro-remilitarization agenda, is considered the frontrunner to take over… Read moreAbe resigns to save Japan’s Afghan military mission
On Aug. 28, 29 and 30, ICE agents swept through the greater Boston area, arresting 36 immigrants the agency claims are members or associates of the MS-13 street gang. ICE said the raids were part of ICE’s national anti-gang initiative,… Read moreICE “anti-gang” raids sweep US
