from Weekly News Update on the Americas: On Nov. 3, environmentalists in the cities of Gualeguaychu and Colon in the eastern Argentine province of Entre Rios blocked the border bridges leading to Uruguay to protest continuing efforts to build a… Read moreURUGUAY: ECO-PROTESTS ROCK IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT
Continue ReadingURUGUAY: ECO-PROTESTS ROCK IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMITfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas: Nicaragua: Ortega wins WIth 91.6% of the ballots counted from Nicaragua’s Nov. 5 elections, former president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won the presidency with 38.07%, compared to 29%… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: SANDINISTAS TAKE NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY, GUATEMELAN GENERALS ORDERED ARRESTED
Continue ReadingCENTRAL AMERICA: SANDINISTAS TAKE NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY, GUATEMELAN GENERALS ORDERED ARRESTEDThe Israeli military brass is investigating whether human error or computer malfunction resulted in killing 19 Palestinians in their apartment block in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on Nov. 8. According to Ha’aretz, Nov. 9: According to the IDF, the “normal” margin… Read moreIsrael blames “errant shells” for massacre
International Conscientious Objectors Meet in Bogota by Yeidy Rosa, War Resisters League From July 18-20, 2006, Colombia’s National Assembly of Conscientious Objectors, (Asamblea Nacional de Objetoras y Objetores de Conciencia de Colombia-ANOOC), held its International Meeting in Solidarity with Conscientious… Read moreDEMILITARIZING LATIN AMERICA
Continue ReadingDEMILITARIZING LATIN AMERICA2007 Defense Authorization Act Guts Posse Comitatus by Frank Morales, WW4 REPORT In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), “will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial… Read moreBUSH MOVES TOWARD MARTIAL LAW
Continue ReadingBUSH MOVES TOWARD MARTIAL LAWNervous Democrats are distancing themselves from Jimmy Carter’s forthcoming Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and urging him not to use the term to describe the continuing Israeli occupation and colonization of the Palestinian territories. It should be noted that Ha’aretz, Israel’s… Read moreDemocrats task Carter over “apartheid” Israel tome
From Reuters, Oct. 25: Berlin: IAF jets fire shots over German ship off coast of Lebanon Two Israel Air Force warplanes and a German navy vessel have clashed off the Lebanese coast, the Defense Ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday… Read moreIsraeli war planes and German navy clash off Lebanon coast
This marks the first time a church has actually followed through with divesting from companies involved in Israel’s illegal occupation and colonization of Palestinian territory. Anglican Parish Disinvests from the Central Board of Finance over Caterpillar Shares The Interfaith Group… Read moreAnglican parish disinvests over Caterpillar shares
After a much-publicized cancellation, “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” based on the activist’s writings, has opened in NYC. The following commentary ran Oct. 16 in Newsweek: A Controversial Death Provokes a Controversial Play by Cathleen McGuigan Do you remember the… Read moreNYC: Rachel Corrie play opens
From Agence-France Press, Oct. 10: Sudan government, eastern rebels eye peace deal in coming days KHARTOUM — The Sudanese government and eastern rebels are poised to sign a final peace deal ending years of fighting in the coming days, a… Read moreSudan: peace deal imminent with Eastern Front?
The South Pacific nation Vanuatu announced its intention to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the right of future generations to be protected from the consequences of climate change. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Vanuatu's Prime Minister Bob Loughman warned that the climate crisis is "increasingly eluding the control of individual national governments," and stressed the need for a global solution. The announcement set out his government's plan to coordinate the efforts of Pacific Island states and other vulnerable nations to seek clarification on the legal duties of large emitters of greenhouse gases. (Photo: David Cobbin via NUPI)
The Primer George Bush Should Have Read! Book Review: Understanding Iraq by William R. Polk Harper Perennial, 2005 by Vilosh Vinograd What are we to make of a book subtitled “The Whole Sweep of Iraqi History, From Genghis Khan’s Mongols… Read moreIRAQ FOR NITWITS
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