Central America

Honduras: isolated, de factos prepare for vote

The OAS will send no election observers to Honduras because many member states do not recognize the vote. The de facto regime is meanwhile jamming the signal of opposition TV Channel 36.

Central America

Honduras: solidarity wins for maquila workers

United Students Against Sweatshops announced an agreement with Russell Athletic of Atlanta to rehire 1,200 workers it laid off when it closed its Honduras plant after the workers joined a union.

Central America

SOA protest highlights Honduras, El Salvador

Four were arrested at Ft. Benning as thousands marched in pouring rain to protest the US Army School of the Americas on the 20th anniversary of the murder of six Jesuits in El Salvador.

The Caribbean

Haiti: UN troops shoot again

Chilean troops from the Brazilian-led United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) wounded one local man when they opened fire on a crowd in Grand-Goâve.

Afghanistan

Afghan cabinet ministers investigated for corruption

The Afghan attorney general announced that two cabinet ministers are being investigated on corruption charges—a week after President Karzai vowed in his inaugural address to fight corruption.

North Africa

Algerian court acquits two ex-Gitmo detainees

An Algerian court acquitted former two Guantánamo detainees. Their lawyer said that while the men admitted to involvement in theft and drug trafficking, they denied any link with terrorism.