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NUCLEAR-FREE CENTRAL ASIA

A Model for the Korean Peninsula? by Rene Wadlow, Toward Freedom With a political sky darkened by the nuclear weapon test of North Korea and the growing tensions over the nuclear program of Iran, a ray of sunlight comes from… Read moreNUCLEAR-FREE CENTRAL ASIA

THE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN SAHARA

International Complicity in Morocco’s Repression by Simon Cunich, Green Left Weekly On October 31, Morocco’s allies on the United Nations Security Council-including France, the United States and Britain—blocked a motion to condemn human rights abuses against the people of occupied… Read moreTHE BETRAYAL OF WESTERN SAHARA

INDIGENOUS BORDER SUMMIT

Dissected Nations Oppose Wall and Militarization by Brenda Norrell, IRC Americas Program Indigenous peoples at the Border Summit of the Americas on Tohono O’odham tribal land opposed the construction of a border wall, which will dissect indigenous communities on ancestral… Read moreINDIGENOUS BORDER SUMMIT

BOLIVIA: THE OPPOSITION STRIKES BACK

from Weekly News Update on the Americas: The Bolivian government of President Evo Morales Ayma met on Nov. 25 with right-wing opposition forces to try to resolve a political crisis that came to a head when the rightwing Democratic and… Read moreBOLIVIA: THE OPPOSITION STRIKES BACK

PERU: ACHUAR WIN OIL FIGHT

from Weekly News Update on the Americas On Oct. 23, after a weekend of intense negotiations, the Achuar indigenous nation reached an agreement with the Peruvian government and the Argentine oil company Pluspetrol, bringing an end to a nearly two-week… Read morePERU: ACHUAR WIN OIL FIGHT

URUGUAY: ECO-PROTESTS ROCK IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

from Weekly News Update on the Americas: On Nov. 3, environmentalists in the cities of Gualeguaychu and Colon in the eastern Argentine province of Entre Rios blocked the border bridges leading to Uruguay to protest continuing efforts to build a… Read moreURUGUAY: ECO-PROTESTS ROCK IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

VENEZUELA: SECESSION IN THE OIL ZONE

Interventionist Legacy Behind Zulia Separatist Movement by Nikolas Kozloff, WW4 REPORT With the Venezuelan presidential election fast approaching on December 3, political tensions have reached a new high. Recently, the Venezuelan Attorney General initiated an investigation to determine whether a… Read moreVENEZUELA: SECESSION IN THE OIL ZONE

URUGUAY: ECO-PROTESTS ROCK IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

CENTRAL AMERICA: SANDINISTAS TAKE NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY, GUATEMELAN GENERALS ORDERED ARRESTED

from Weekly News Update on the Americas: Nicaragua: Ortega wins WIth 91.6% of the ballots counted from Nicaragua’s Nov. 5 elections, former president Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won the presidency with 38.07%, compared to 29%… Read moreCENTRAL AMERICA: SANDINISTAS TAKE NICARAGUAN PRESIDENCY, GUATEMELAN GENERALS ORDERED ARRESTED

DEMILITARIZING LATIN AMERICA

International Conscientious Objectors Meet in Bogota by Yeidy Rosa, War Resisters League From July 18-20, 2006, Colombia’s National Assembly of Conscientious Objectors, (Asamblea Nacional de Objetoras y Objetores de Conciencia de Colombia-ANOOC), held its International Meeting in Solidarity with Conscientious… Read moreDEMILITARIZING LATIN AMERICA

BOLIVIA: WHITHER NATIONALIZATION?

Still Waiting for Public Control of Hydrocarbons by Gretchen Gordon, Upside Down World On May 1, the day the Bolivian government announced the “nationalization” of the country’s vast oil and gas reserves, I went out to witness the symbolic takeover… Read moreBOLIVIA: WHITHER NATIONALIZATION?

THE FARC ON TRIAL

Simón Trinidad Prosecution as Terror War Test Case by Paul Wolf, WW4 REPORT Ricardo Palmera, a Colombian guerrilla better known as Simón Trinidad, is on trial in Washington D.C. for hostage-taking and related charges of conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and… Read moreTHE FARC ON TRIAL