Billy Joya Améndola, leader of the notorious 316 Battalion, is among veterans of the bloody 1980s repression who are now taking the helm of the Honduran security forces.
President Manuel Zelaya made a second attempt to return to Honduras—sparking another confrontation between his supporters and security forces, this time at the Nicaraguan border.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused neighboring Colombia of an “unfriendly gesture” towards his country with its plan to host permanent US military bases.
Ecuador signed a deal to export oil to China—as indigenous organizations in the Amazon accused President Rafael Correa of violating their territorial rights.
Yemeni security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters in Zinjibar, provincial capital of Abyan in the country’s restive south, killing 12 and wounding scores of others.
Both sides reject Oscar Arias’ new proposal to end the impasse in Honduras. Otto Reich, while denying involvement, has emerged as a key stateside defender of the coup.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation, with 4.5 million members worldwide, issued a call for its members to carry out protests against Honduran shipping.
A delegation of union leaders from 13 countries visited Mexico to support the miners union in its three-year struggle against the Grupo México transnational at Cananea.
Some 1,000 indigenous Nahuas in the Mexican state of Michoacán won an agreement to have usurped lands returned to their communities after launching a protest occuaption.
Protests broke out in various parts of the Dominican Republic over electricity shortages that had been plaguing the country for two weeks.
Chad admitted to an air raid on rebel positions in Darfur, but denied attacking Sudan’s armed forces or populace in the raid.
Under UN auspices, Nepal has started freeing an estimated 3,000 child soldiers from camps holding former Maoist guerilla fighters.
