by James Suggett, VenezuelAnalysis Plans for new coal mining in the Sierra de Perijá, the northwestern region of the state of Zulia, Venezuela, were suspended by President Hugo Chávez last year following anti-coal declarations by Chávez and several ministers. The… Read moreWILL BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION END COAL MINING IN VENEZUELA?
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Four retired senior members of the Guatemalan military—including two high-ranking officers previously thought to be untouchable, former Army Chief of Staff Benedicto Lucas García and former chief of military intelligence Manuel Callejas y Callejas—were convicted of involvement in crimes against humanity. Three received a sentence of 58 years in prison, while one was sentenced to 33 years. The former officials faced charges arising from the detention, torture and sexual violation of Emma Molina Theissen, and the enforced disappearance of Emma’s 14-year-old brother Marco Antonio, in 1981. (Photo: Waging Nonviolence)
by Bill Weinberg, AlterNet With the crisis in Tibet, the left in the US finds itself once again at risk of losing precious moral credibility with the American people by apologizing for atrocities. If “Free Tibet” has become an unthinking… Read moreTHE ANTI-IMPERIALIST CASE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOM
Continue ReadingTHE ANTI-IMPERIALIST CASE FOR TIBETAN FREEDOMby Thaddeus al Nakba, Upside Down World Guatemala has received much attention over recent violence and the impunity enjoyed by its perpetrators. Some organizations state that almost 15 people are murdered daily in Guatemala, mostly in the capital. These numbers… Read moreGUATEMALA: GENOCIDE PLAINTIFFS TESTIFY
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA: GENOCIDE PLAINTIFFS TESTIFYStruggle for a “Social-Public” Sector by Susan Spronk, Upside Down World In the month of February, an unusual plight fell upon the city of La Paz. Torrential rains that hit the region ruptured the water main that services the wealthiest… Read moreBOLIVIA AFTER THE WATER WARS
Continue ReadingBOLIVIA AFTER THE WATER WARSSlavery and Saneamiento in Bolivia by Alexander van Schaick, Upside Down World In recent weeks, cattle ranchers and landowners in Bolivia’s Cordillera province, located in the south of the department of Santa Cruz, resorted to blockades and violence in order… Read moreTHE LANDOWNERS’ REBELLION
Continue ReadingTHE LANDOWNERS’ REBELLIONSanta Cruz Votes for Autonomy by Ben Dangl, Upside Down World A vote for autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, was passed by approximately 82% of voters on Sunday, May 4. The vote endorses a move by Santa Cruz to, among… Read morePOLARIZING BOLIVIA
Continue ReadingPOLARIZING BOLIVIATime for left to repudiate Venezuelan leader over China—while supporting goals of Bolivarian Revolution by Nikolas Kozloff, World War 4 Report In an effort to appease Beijing, so-called leftist leaders in South America are backing the Chinese “Communist” Party’s crackdown… Read moreENOUGH WITH THE HUGO CHAVEZ HERO WORSHIP
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A new memorandum of understanding was signed allowing Australia to continue to indefinitely detain asylum seekers at a facility on the Pacific island of Nauru. Since 2012, asylum seekers arriving by boat have been barred from settlement in Australia and have been sent to offshore detention centers instead. The deal extending use of the Nauru facility comes just as the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) finally reached an agreement to close the contentious Manus Island Regional Processing Center, which was found to be illegal by the PNG Supreme Court in 2016. Most of those held there are now to be transfered to Nauru. Both the Manus Island and Nauru facilities have been criticized by rights groups as "Australia's Guantánamo." (Photo of Nauru facility via Wikipedia)
In 1924, after a dispute between the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government, the Ninth Panchen Lama exited the region for China. After his death in 1937, his officials engaged a search for his successor. Traditionally, the new candidate needed… Read moreAddendum: The 1924-1937 Panchen Lama dispute
Continue ReadingAddendum: The 1924-1937 Panchen Lama disputeMiddle Ground Between Mao and the Dalai Lama? by William Wharton, WW4 Report Book Review: A TIBETAN REVOLUTIONARY The Political Life and Times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye by Melvyn C. Goldstein, William R. Siebenschuh and Dawei Sherap University of California,… Read moreMEMOIRS OF A TIBETAN MARXIST
Continue ReadingMEMOIRS OF A TIBETAN MARXISTColonization and Resistance on the Roof of the World by Carole Reckinger, Toward Freedom On March 10, a group of about 500 Buddhist monks marched from the Drepung monastery (one of the “great three” university monasteries in Tibet) to demand… Read moreTIBET: ROOTS OF THE UNREST
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