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.
The Caribbean
Haiti: professor killed, union funding threatened
On March 12 several hundred Haitian students and activists gathered at a memorial service for Jean Anil Louis-Juste, a sociology professor shot dead in downtown Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12.
Central America
Honduras: resistance remobilizes in response to state terror
Several thousand marched in Tegucigalpa to demand an end to the escalation of repression, and against the neoliberal policies of the new Honduran government.
Watching the Shadows
Obama names new chief for Gitmo tribunals
In a sign that the administration is preparing a return to military tribunals at Guantánamo, the Pentagon installed a retired admiral with international law experience to run the war court.
North America
Militia members indicted in plot to attack Michigan police
A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against nine suspected members of the “Hutaree” militia group accused of plotting deadly attacks on police officers.