Mexico
Mexico: electrical workers plan hunger strike
The Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) announced that some 2,300 members were planning to start a mass hunger strike in Mexico City’s central plaza, the Zócalo.
Iran
Obama threatens to nuke Iran?
Iran will lodge a complaint at the UN against remarks by President Obama that Washington could use nuclear weapons against Tehran.
Palestine
Israeli rights groups protest orders for West Bank deportations
Israeli rights groups are protesting new military orders that will make any West Bank resident without a permit liable for deportation or imprisonment.
Inner Asia
Russia behind Kyrgyzstan regime change?
A former Kyrgyz opposition leader now in the new government said "Russia played its role in ousting Bakiyev"–to halt US access to Manas air base.
Greater Middle East
Turkish court sentences Kurdish activist to prison
Turkish politician and Kurdish rights activist Leyla Zana was sentenced to three years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda.
Central America
Honduras: new violence in Aguán land dispute
A private guard shot a Honduran peasant dead when a group of campesinos attempted to occupy an African palm farm in Colón department .
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: thousands march against Barrick Gold
3,000 Dominicans marched in Cotuí to protest the Pueblo Viejo gold mine, operated by Toronto-based Barrick Gold.
Southern Cone
Argentina: “dirty war” witness murdered
Unidentified assailants killed “dirty war” survivor Silvia Suppo in her crafts shop in the small town of Rafaela in Argentina’s northeastern Santa Fe province.
World War 4 Report on semi-hiatus
World War 4 Report will be at a reduced level of activity for the month of April while editor Bill Weinberg is traveling overseas.
Mexico
Mexico: army kills two students in “drug war”
As of March 26 sources in the Mexican military had admitted that it was probably soldiers who killed two students the early morning of March 20 in front of a prestigious university in Monterrey.
Central America
Costa Rica: Arias tries to bust port workers union
On Feb. 26 the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) charged that the Costa Rican government in effect “illegally established a ‘yellow’ trade union” for 1,500 dockworkers.
The Caribbean
Haiti: Clinton, Bush visit, promote sweatshops
Former US presidents George W. Bush (2001-2009) and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) visited Haiti for one day on March 22 to call for international aid for the country.