The Andes
Peru: developers raze ancient pyramid
A demolition crew razed a pyrmaid at El Paraiso archaeological site in Lima—apparently contracted by developers who covet the lands for a new commerical center.
Greater Middle East
Egyptian anarchists say no to dictatorship
The Egyptian anarchist bloc is participating in the anti-Morsi protests—but with a dissident perspective that warns against either Islamist or military dictatorship.
Greater Middle East
Egypt military ousts Morsi, suspends constitution
The Egyptian military deposed President Mohamed Morsi, suspended the constitution, and installed an interim government headed by High Constitutional Court judge Adly Mansour.
Watching the Shadows
Gitmo prisoners ask court to end force-feedings
Four Guantánamo Bay prisoners filed a motion asking a US district court to order the prison’s officials to stop the practice of force-feeding hunger strikers.
The Andes
Bill Weinberg speaks on land and freedom in Peru
World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg's presentation about Peru at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space on New York's Lower East Side is now on YouTube.
Greater Middle East
Bahrain acquits police officers of torture charges
A Bahraini high criminal court acquitted two police officers on trial for the torture of six Shi’iite doctors during the uprising against the Sunni regime in 2011.
Greater Middle East
Egypt reinstates Mubarak-era prosecutor general
Amid a natiowide uprising, Egypt’s Court of Cassation ordered that Mubarak-era figure Abdel Meguid Mahmoud be reinstated as prosecutor-general.
Southern Cone
Chile: students march as election season starts
Port workers and copper miners joined students in the latest marches for free education, while the media and government focused on violence by a few of the marchers.
Southern Cone
Brazil: Rousseff offers protesters a plebiscite
The governing center-left Workers Party is pushing for major political reform in response to the June protests, but would that be enough to satisfy the protesters?
Central America
Honduras: anti-mining activists face death threats
Violence continues in northern Honduras, with death threats against opponents of open-pit mining and the murder of a longtime campesino leader and his son.
The Caribbean
Haiti: public university students protest tuition hike
State University of Haiti administrators backed off an effort to triple registration fees after students protested with a militant demonstration in downtown Port-au-Prince.
Brazil: private transit, public protests
The protest wave now shaking Brazil was sparked by transit fare hikes—a fruit of privatization of the urban transport system in the 1990s. The protests were initially organized by the Movimento Passe Livre, demanding that mass transit be free for… Read moreBrazil: private transit, public protests