Guatemala: Maya priests to purify sacred site after Bush visit

From AP, March 9: GUATEMALA CITY — Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. “That a person like (Bush),… Read moreGuatemala: Maya priests to purify sacred site after Bush visit

Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchu announces presidential bid

1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, a defender of Guatemala’s Maya people during the genocide of the late 1970s and ’80s, will run in the nation’s September presidential election with the Juntos por Guatemala (Together for Guatemala) party and… Read moreGuatemala: Rigoberta Menchu announces presidential bid

Dissent grows in El Salvador over Iraq role

This sad story is all the more telling given that the “Salvador option” reveals El Salvador as a test war for Iraq—with the sinister John Negroponte a key architect of both. The failure of the Times to even mention this… Read moreDissent grows in El Salvador over Iraq role

Anti-Semitism card played against Sandinista Nicaragua —already!

Boy, does this ever give us deja vu. Back in the ’80s, the State Department played an anti-Semitism card against Sandinista Nicaragua, just as as the right does today against Bolivarian Venezuela. Daniel Ortega hasn’t even taken office yet, and… Read moreAnti-Semitism card played against Sandinista Nicaragua —already!

“Indigenous resistance” protests held throughout Americas

Tens of thousands of indigenous people and their allies focused on neoliberal economic programs, US foreign policies and local issues in protests throughout the Americas on Oct. 12, the 514th anniversary of the arrival of European colonizer Christopher Columbus in… Read more“Indigenous resistance” protests held throughout Americas