Central America
Zelaya: “death squads” operating in Honduras
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya charged that “there are death squads” operating in in the country that the world doesn’t know about.
The Andes
Peru: no global warming skeptics in Huaraz
As international experts gather in Lima to debate the impacts of global warming on the Andean region, local campesinos are already feeling its effects in Huaraz.
Central America
Zelaya back in Honduras?
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has reportedly taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, and is calling for resistance leaders to converge on the capital.
Central America
Honduras: resistance plans election boycott
Two Honduran presidential candidates announced that they will not participate in the Nov. 29 general elections unless ousted President Manuel Zelaya is returned to power.
Central America
Honduras: US deports coup supporter
Honduran business leader Adolfo Facussé was deported after flying to Miami, apparently the casualty of a State Department decision to revoke visas of those involved in the coup d’etat.
Southern Cone
Argentina: subway workers open turnstiles
Striking subway workers in Buenos Aires opened the turnstiles for two hours, letting commuters ride for free.
The Caribbean
Haiti: students arrested in new protests
Haitian riot police clashed with students occupying campus buildings in Port-au-Prince in solidarity with workers demanding a minimum wage hike.
Central America
Guatemala: charge nine in attorney’s murder
Guatemalan and UN authorities arrested nine suspects in the murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The search for the “intellectual authors” is ongoing, authorities said.
The Andes
VRAE: Ashaninka arm against narco-senderistas
Self-defense committees in indigenous communities of Peru’s conflicted Apurímac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) received 400 rifles from the army to fight “narco-terrorist” groups operating in the zone.
Africa
Great powers fight in Somalia?
The same day a US Special Forces helicopter raid reportedly killed a Shabab insurgent leader in Somalia, residents at the southern village of Erile reported a second chopper raid by French forces
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: new Bagram rules “step in wrong direction”?
Human rights activists reacted to disclosures that the US government is planning to introduce measures to give inmates at Afghanistan’s notorious Bagram prison the chance to challenge their detention.