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THE QUEENS BLACKOUTS: KENNETH LAY’S REVENGE?

by Bill Weinberg, WW4 REPORT It’s a neat little ironic juxtaposition of headlines that the July 5 passing of former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay—while awaiting sentencing on securities fraud and a host of related charges—came just days before several neighborhoods… Read moreTHE QUEENS BLACKOUTS: KENNETH LAY’S REVENGE?

THE “SI SE PUEDE” INSURRECTION

A Class Analysis by George Caffentzis, Metamute And my coyote, Virgil, said to him when he refused to take me, a living man, over the Acheron to Hell, “Charon, do not be angry, but this undocumented passage has been decided… Read moreTHE “SI SE PUEDE” INSURRECTION

COLOMBIA: INDIGENOUS DISPLACED, KILLED

from Weekly News Update on the Americas Thousands of civilians have been displaced and many more are trapped by fighting between Colombian government forces and leftist rebels in the southwestern department of Narino, bordering Ecuador, and in the northwestern Pacific… Read moreCOLOMBIA: INDIGENOUS DISPLACED, KILLED

ECUADOR: OIL PROTESTS CONTINUE

from Weekly News Update on the Americas Some 22,000 residents of the northeastern Ecuadoran province of Orellana began a “progressive strike” on June 28 to protest environmental damage by the French oil company Perenco and repression by the military. The… Read moreECUADOR: OIL PROTESTS CONTINUE

PERU: TRADE PACT PASSES, CAMPESINOS PROTEST

from Weekly News Update on the Americas In the early morning of June 28 Peru’s Congress voted 79-14 with six abstentions to ratify the Andean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA, known locally as the Free Trade Treaty, or TLC), a trade… Read morePERU: TRADE PACT PASSES, CAMPESINOS PROTEST

PARAGUAY: U.S. MARINES BACK PARAMILITARIES?

from Weekly News Update on the Americas Thousands of Paraguayan campesinos continued to occupy estates and block roads during the week of July 17 to demand that the government of President Nicanor Duarte Frutos address the problems they face. The… Read morePARAGUAY: U.S. MARINES BACK PARAMILITARIES?

CENTRAL AMERICA: DEADLY REPRESSION AS CAFTA HITS IN

from Weekly News Update on the Americas GUATEMALA: TRADE PROTESTERS SEIZE ESTATES The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) went into effect in Guatemala on July 1 amid protests against the US-sponsored pact, which seeks to bring Costa Rica,… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: DEADLY REPRESSION AS CAFTA HITS IN

IIRSA: THE FTAA’S HANDMAIDEN

South American “Infrastructure Integration” for Free Trade by Raul Zibechi The project for Integration of South American Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA, by its initials in Spanish), is swiftly but silently moving forward. IIRSA is the most ambitious and encompassing plan to… Read moreIIRSA: THE FTAA’S HANDMAIDEN

PEAK OIL PREVIEW:

North Korea & Cuba Face the Post-Petrol Future by Dale Jiajun Wen That peak oil is coming is no longer a question. It’s only a matter of when. The global food system we are familiar with depends crucially on cheap… Read morePEAK OIL PREVIEW:

PERU: CAMPESINOS PROTEST FREE TRADE

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On June 8, Peruvian campesinos held a day of protest against the Andean Free Trade Agreement (known in the region as the Free Trade Treaty, or TLC) which Peru’s government signed with the… Read morePERU: CAMPESINOS PROTEST FREE TRADE

ECUADOR: CAMPESINOS OCCUPY OIL WELLS

from Weekly News Update on the Americas Some 200 Ecuadoran campesinos occupied the roads leading to the Coca-Payamino installation of the French oil company Perenco on the morning of June 19 to protest the company’s “indifference” to the environmental damage… Read moreECUADOR: CAMPESINOS OCCUPY OIL WELLS

COLOMBIA: SOLDIERS CHARGED IN MASSACRE

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On June 1, Colombian chief federal prosecutor Mario Iguaran announced that an army platoon had deliberately killed 10 agents from a US-trained anti-narcotics unit of the Judicial Police Department (DIJIN) on May 22… Read moreCOLOMBIA: SOLDIERS CHARGED IN MASSACRE