A very important story by Kimia Sanati from InterPress Service, Oct. 3: Islamist, Socialist Revolutions Don’t Mix An attempt to rope in the son and daughter of the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a parallel between Iran’s Islamist… Read moreChe Guevara family protests Islamist exploitation of legacy
The UK warned Darfur’s rebel groups Oct. 8 they could be excluded from the peace process if they boycott talks due to be held in Libya later this month. London’s Minister for Africa, Lord Malloch Brown, said those who opted… Read moreUK lectures Darfur rebels —as Sudan attacks
Egyptian police detained at least 40 after thousands of angry Bedouins stormed government buildings in north Sinai Oct. 7 to protest police inaction after a shooting by a rival clan. The ruling National Democratic Party headquarters in the city of… Read moreEgypt: Bedouin sweeps follow Sinai unrest
Commemorations taking place nearly throughout Latin America 40 years after the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara on Oct. 8, 1967, indicate just how much the world has changed since then—for better and for worse. Most significantly, in Bolivia—where he met… Read moreChe Guevara legacy contested 40 years after his death
After a divisive and well-financed campaign, Costa Rican supporters of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)—which reduces trade barriers between Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the US—appeared to have won a narrow… Read moreCAFTA winning in Costa Rica?
At least 10 people were injured and 55 arrested during an 24-hour general strike Oct. 2 in the Dominican Republic called by the Alternative Social Forum (FSA), a coalition of grassroots organizations. The groups were demanding higher wages for civil… Read moreAnother general strike in Dominican Republic
A federal judge in Washington DC declared a mistrial Oct. 4 in the cocaine trafficking trial of Colombian guerilla leader Ricardo Palmera, AKA Simón Trinidad. AP writes: “The US government had hoped a conviction would underscore its view that the… Read moreMistrial declared in US case against FARC leader —again
From Editor & Publisher, Oct. 5: Gonzalo Guillen, a reporter for The Miami Herald’s Spanish-language daily El Nuevo Herald, has fled Colombia after President Alvaro Uribe accused him of ghost-writing a book linking the president to the notorious drug dealer… Read moreReporter flees Colombia following Uribe-Escobar link claims
Mexico’s underground Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) issued a communique Oct. 3 to the leadership of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), expressing solidarity and pledging to “avoid to the maximum” any action which could affect them or compromise their security…. Read moreMexico: EPR guerillas express solidarity with Zapatistas
The National Front of Struggle for Socialism (FNLS) in the western Mexican state of Michoacán issued a statement demanding the “presentation with life” of Francisco Paredes Ruiz, a comunero (communal farmer) from Zirahuén and former member of the Armed Revolutionary… Read moreCampesino militant “disappeared” in Michoacán
Mexican officials say the US has committed to giving their administration $1 billion over the next two years to fight drug trafficking. Carlos Rico, Mexico’s undersecretary for North American affairs, said the “Joint Strategy to Combat Organized Crime”—which would have… Read moreWhite House prepares “Plan Mexico” drug war package
From Amnesty International, Sept. 25: The authorities in Germany have decided not to seek the extradition of 13 US citizens suspected of being involved in the abduction and rendition of German citizen Khaled el-Masri. The 13 includes at least 10… Read moreGermany drops extradition request of CIA agents
