UN troops and armed gangs exchanged gunfire in Haiti’s Cite Soleil shantytown late June 7, leaving at least three dead. Cite Soleil, on the northern edge of the Poart-au-Prince, was the scene of routine gunfights between gangs and foreign troops… Read moreHaiti: new violence in Cite Soleil
Brzilian lawmakers announced they are seeking to question an imprisoned gang leader suspected of having ordered the onslaught of violence that killed nearly 200 in and around Sao Paulo last month. Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, known as Marcola, heads the… Read moreBrazil: police link to gang terror probed
From Upside Down World, June 7: About 300 demonstrators protesting the slow pace of land reform invaded the Brazilian Parliament Building June 7. The protesters vandalized the pristine building and destroyed a car waiting to be raffled off to Congressional… Read moreLandless workers invade Brazil’s parliament
From the Global Justice Ecology Project, June 6: Protesters Arrested After Disrupting Negroponte in Vermont by Orin Langelle and Anne Petermann/Global Justice Ecology Project St. Johnsbury,VT–National Intelligence Director John Negroponte’s Commencement Address to the graduating class of private St. Johnsbury… Read moreVermont: activists disrupt Negroponte
On May 29, some 600,000 public and private high school students went on strike throughout Chile, and thousands took over school buildings. On May 30, at least 500,000 students marched in the streets around the country. The protests were met… Read moreStudent protests rock Chile; Mapuche suspend hunger strike
The Indigenous Rights Center (CEDIAC) in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, is demanding an investigation into the assassination of Tzeltal Maya campesino Sebastian Cruz Lopez, accused by state police of belonging to a gang which held up cars on… Read morePolitical violence in Chiapas, risk of famine seen
80,000 striking teachers marched in Oaxaca City June 2 to press their demands for better wages and a reorganization of the state’s education system, marking the largest mass mobilization in the city’s history. In addition to a large state police… Read moreTeachers’ strike, political violence in Oaxaca
Remember those innocent days when terrorists were radical leftists rather than Islamic fundamentalists? The Greeks do. From Ekathimerini, June 1 (links added): Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis had informed the heads of police and the Public Order Ministry about an increase… Read moreGreece: armed left in new attack
From the Mumbai Mirror, June 2 (link added): Baghdad: A pregnant woman was shot dead at a US checkpoint in Iraq while on her way to give birth, officials said on Thursday, sparking further controversy amid a furor over an… Read moreIraq: US kills more civilians
How do they keep a straight face when they tell us we’re fighting for freedom in Iraq? From Reuters, May 24: LONDON: Police yesterday dismantled a long-running anti-war protest opposite the Houses of Parliament, carting away placards showing graphic images… Read moreLondon: police take down anti-war camp
On May 19, four Mapuche rights activists resumed their open-ended hunger strike at the Hernan Enriquez hospital in Temuco, in southern Chile’s Region IX (Araucania). Mapuche activists Juan Patricio Marileo Saravia, Florencio Jaime Marileo Saravia and Juan Carlos Huenulao Lienmil… Read moreChile: Mapuche resume hunger strike
After protesting for several weeks with no answer to their demands, on May 18 more than 1,000 Chilean high school students demonstrated in Santiago to press for free public transportation, free university entrance exams and improvements in the quality of… Read moreChile: police attack student marchers
