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ARGENTINA: ECO-PROTESTERS BLOCK URUGUAY BORDER

from Weekly News Update on the Americas ENTRE RIOS: PAPER MILL PROTESTS CONTINUE On Dec. 30, hundreds of protesters blocked traffic along three bridges which span the Uruguay River, linking Argentina’s Entre Rios province with Uruguay, to protest the Uruguayan… Read moreARGENTINA: ECO-PROTESTERS BLOCK URUGUAY BORDER

THREE CITIES AGAINST THE WALL

US, Israeli and Palestinian Artists Unite Across Borders by Robert Hirschfield Transposed upon the face of the famous Wall, in the photo-shop print by Suleiman Mansour, is Michaelangelo’s hand of God and hand of Adam reaching toward one another—only separated… Read moreTHREE CITIES AGAINST THE WALL

CENTRAL AMERICA: CAFTA DELAYED; REPRESSION CONTINUES

from Weekly News Update on the Americas U.S. DELAYS CAFTA On Dec. 30 Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) spokesperson Stephen Norton announced that the US was postponing implementation of the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), which… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: CAFTA DELAYED; REPRESSION CONTINUES

COLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY ATTACKS IN META

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On Jan. 5, paramilitaries who identified themselves as members of the “Autodefensas del Llano” (Plains Self-Defense) group murdered four people in the community of Matabambu, in Puerto Lleras municipality, in the southern Colombian… Read moreCOLOMBIA: PARAMILITARY ATTACKS IN META

PERU: SENDERO RESURGENT?

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On Dec. 20, a group of about 20 guerrillas from the Maoist Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebel group ambushed a police contingent and killed eight agents in Aucayacu, Leoncio Prado province, in the… Read morePERU: SENDERO RESURGENT?

BITTER FRUITS OF JORDAN VALLEY APARTHEID

Palestine Activists Expose Truth in UK Direct Action Trial by Sarkis Pogossian On Jan. 26, seven Palestine solidarity protestors from London and Brighton were acquitted of “aggravated trespass” charges for their Nov. 11. 2004 arrests in a blockade outside the… Read moreBITTER FRUITS OF JORDAN VALLEY APARTHEID

BOLIVIA: A COMING TRIAL BY FIRE?

by Benjamin Dangl After winning a landslide victory on Dec. 18th, Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales announced plans to nationalize the country’s gas reserves, rewrite the constitution in a popular assembly, redistribute land to poor farmers and change the rules of… Read moreBOLIVIA: A COMING TRIAL BY FIRE?

SOUTH AMERICAN PIPELINE WARS

Chavez Bloc Races with Oil Cartel to Grid the Continent by Bill Weinberg As the left-populist Evo Morales takes office in Bolivia, a clear anti-imperialist bloc is consolidating in South America, led by Venezulea’s Hugo Chavez and also including Brazil,… Read moreSOUTH AMERICAN PIPELINE WARS

“BIONOIA” Part 2

The Nuts, Bolts and Crimes of Biological Warfare by Mark Sanborne In Part 1 of this series, which ran in our December issue, journalist and researcher Mark Sanborne noted how the media-fueled fear of microbes—with waves of “bionoia” over anthrax,… Read more“BIONOIA” Part 2

CENTRAL AMERICA: CAMPESINOS BLOCK HIGHWAYS

from Weekly News Update on the Americas EL SALVADOR: FMLN BACKS ANTI-CAFTA PROTESTS Thousands of Salvadorans participated in a nationwide day of protest on Nov. 30 against the neoliberal economic policies of President Antonio Saca. The demonstrations, organized by the… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: CAMPESINOS BLOCK HIGHWAYS

ARGENTINA: AUTONOMOUS WORKERS UNDER ATTACK

from Weekly News Update on the Americas BUENOS AIRES: HOTEL WORKERS ATTACKED Early on Dec. 8, a delegation of 12 cooperative members from the autonomous worker-controlled Bauen hotel were violently ousted from the Buenos Aires municipal legislature as they sought… Read moreARGENTINA: AUTONOMOUS WORKERS UNDER ATTACK

BRAZIL: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EVICTED FROM LANDS

from Weekly News Update on the Americas MATO GROSSO DO SUL: GUARANI-KAIOWA EVICTED On Dec. 15 some 100-200 Brazilian federal police agents, backed by a helicopter and armed with tear gas and rifles that fire rubber bullets, forcibly evicted more… Read moreBRAZIL: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EVICTED FROM LANDS