from Weekly News Update on the Americas On Dec. 23, with 99.7% of the votes counted from the Dec. 18 general elections, Bolivia’s National Electoral Court (CNE) announced that Evo Morales Ayma of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) had won… Read moreBOLIVIA: EVO MORALES VICTORY CONFIRMED
Continue ReadingBOLIVIA: EVO MORALES VICTORY CONFIRMEDby Kathryn Ledebur and Julia Dietz Over two years have passed since Bolivian security forces killed 59 and left over 200 people seriously injured during widespread demonstrations protesting the management of Bolivia’s gas reserves in September and October of 2003…. Read moreBOLIVIA: “GAS WAR” IMPUNITY AGGRAVATES TENSIONS
Continue ReadingBOLIVIA: “GAS WAR” IMPUNITY AGGRAVATES TENSIONSA disturbing clip from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Chavez makes anti-Semitic slur Venezuela’s president said in his Christmas speech that “the descendants of those who crucified Christ” own the riches of the world. “The world offers riches to all. However,… Read moreAnti-Semitism in Venezuela?
From Indian Country Today, Dec. 16: PORTLAND, Maine – American Indian leaders from four tribes in Maine met with representatives of the Venezuelan Embassy and became the first tribes in the nation to begin working out details for the delivery… Read moreMaine tribes view Venezuela oil deal
from Weekly News Update on the Americas Some 10,000 indigenous people from throughout Ecuador gathered in the capital, Quito, Nov. 16-18 to demand that President Alfredo Palacio not sign a free trade treaty (TLC) with the US. The protesters are… Read moreECUADOR: TEN THOUSAND PROTEST TRADE PACT
Continue ReadingECUADOR: TEN THOUSAND PROTEST TRADE PACTfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas OIL DEAL FOR U.S. POOR The Houston-based oil company CITGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), is set to supply 9 million gallons of… Read moreVENEZUELA: OIL FOR U.S. POOR; “HOLOCAUST” IN PRISONS?
Continue ReadingVENEZUELA: OIL FOR U.S. POOR; “HOLOCAUST” IN PRISONS?from Weekly News Update on the Americas CAUCA: ONE KILLED IN EVICTION On the morning of Nov. 9 some 500 Colombian police agents attempted the forcible removal of 400 members of Paez (Nasa) indigenous communities from the El Japio farm,… Read moreCOLOMBIA: INDIGENOUS, PEACE COMMUNITIES UNDER ATTACK
Continue ReadingCOLOMBIA: INDIGENOUS, PEACE COMMUNITIES UNDER ATTACKIs the Real Enemy Islamic Terrorism, or Bolivia’s Indigenous Revolution? by Benjamin Dangl The recent shift to the left among Latin American governments has been a cause for concern in the Bush administration. The White House has tried in vain… Read morePARAGUAY: THE PENTAGON’S NEW LATIN BEACHHEAD
Continue ReadingPARAGUAY: THE PENTAGON’S NEW LATIN BEACHHEADHugo Chavez must be grinning from ear to ear. As the White House assiduously tries to demonize him, a Boston popular tabloid hails him as a savior of the city’s working class: OUR VIEW: Heating aid just in the nick… Read moreChavez wins heart of Boston proles
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, facing over 20 criminal charges in Peru, was arrested Nov. 7 by Chilean police following his surprise arrival in Santiago from Japan the previous day. The former leader said he was on the way to… Read morePeru-Chile tensions escalate
from Weekly News Update on the Americas On Sept. 29, at least 5,000 Bolivian teachers staged a national strike and marched in La Paz to protest what they call a “virtual privatization” of education in Bolivia: the handing over of… Read moreBOLIVIA: MORE PROTESTS OVER GAS TAX
Continue ReadingBOLIVIA: MORE PROTESTS OVER GAS TAXfrom Weekly News Update on the Americas On Sept. 29, at least 5,000 Bolivian teachers staged a national strike and marched in La Paz to protest what they call a “virtual privatization” of education in Bolivia: the handing over of… Read moreBOLIVIA: MORE PROTESTS OVER GAS TAX
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