Juan Vázquez Assassinated in Bachajón, Chiapas
Bolivian President Evo Morales expels USAID
Nicaragua cloud forest ‘under siege’ by illegal loggers
Guatemala declares emergency after mine protests
Mexico Congress passes sweeping telecoms bill
US Gives Honduras $1.75 Million for Police; Promises $200 Million for El Salvador, Guatemala and Central America
The Venezuelan Presidential Vote — What is the Probability That It Could Have Been Stolen?
Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war
Economy, security in spotlight as Obama heads to Costa Rica
Guatemalan Judge Reopens Genocide Trial of Rios Montt
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Tag Archives: Mexico
145 Organizations Call on US & Mesoamerican Presidents to Reevaluate Regional Security Policies
April 30, 2013
As Heads of State from Mexico, Central America and the United States prepare to meet for the Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) in Costa Rica on May 4 and 5th, JASS (Just Associates), the America’s Program, the Guatemala Human Rights Commission-USA and the Latin America Working Group collaborated to present a letter that has been signed by over 145 international, regional and local organizations from 10 countries in the Americas. The letter addresses civil society concerns about security issues, human rights violations, violence against men and women human rights defenders, among others.
IFCLA News Summary April 1-8
MARCH 2013 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY http://compamanuel.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/zapatista-news-summary-march-2013/
The Latest from NACLA online
Drugs and Democracy Newsletter: Bolivia and Coca
Newsbriefs from IFCLA emails
WNU #1170: Panamanian Anti-Dam Activist Murdered
Weekly News Update on the Americas Issue #1170, March 31, 2013
1. Panama: Ngöbe-Buglé Murdered After Anti-Dam Protest
2. Mexico: 22 Injured in Oaxaca Wind Farm Protest
3. Chile: Students Resume Marches for Education Reform
4. Haiti: Haïti Progrès Editor Honorat Gunned Down
5. Links to alternative sources on: Latin America, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, US/immigration Continue reading
Corn on the Border: NAFTA and Food in Mexico
These same issues are true in El Salvador…
Written by Dawn PaleyWednesday, 13 March 2013 10:35
Source: Watershed Sentinel, March/April 2013
Even in the quiet of late afternoon, the market down the street from my apartment in Mexico City is a hive of activity. Dozens of butchers cut up all kinds of meat and make sausages. Women display whole chickens, and offer to prepare them according to what a passing customer desires. There’s homemade ice cream for sale across from a fish stand, and a tortilla stand that always seems to have a line-up. I buy my vegetables from a man who stands at the top of a pyramid of lettuces, tomatoes, avocados, carrots, potatoes, and whatever happens to be in season. While he weighs and bags the veggies I select, he often talks about how good Mexican food is, but how so many people don’t eat the healthy and tasty things he offers for sale. Before I started working on this story, I assumed he was just talking up his business. Continue reading
IFCLA News Summary
1. Haiti: Haiti’s Duvalier Needs Company in the Dock
2. Peru: Military Draft in Peru Sparks Controversy
3. How the Monsanto Protection Act snuck into law
4. ST. LOUISANS MARCH FOR FAIR FOOD IN FLORIDA
5. Tell your Senators to support S. 505, a bill that would prohibit drone strikes in the United States. Take Action
6. Chiapas: San Marcos Avilés: Forced Displacement and the Hope of Solidarity 7. New Protest Paralyzes Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam
8. BRICS Nations Plan New Bank to Bypass World Bank, IMF
9. Assassination of Venezuelan Yupka Chief Sabino Romero Leads to Criticisms
10. 6 Killed, 9 More Injured In Chase Across U.S.-Mexico Border
11. Chile: Back from UN job Bachelet confirms she is running for president next November
12. Correa Condemns U.S. Blockade of Cuba at Inter-Parliamentary Meeting
13. Rio De Janeiro Police Force Indigenous People Out Of Museum Near World Cup Stadium
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Weekly News Summaries
Weekly News Summaries February 15, 2013
Honduras: Cold War revived by Intelligence law
Ecuador’s Financial Reforms Under Correa Have Been Successful, Says Study
Bolivia: Morales criticizes Chile over sea and soldiers
Mexico’s Invisible Women
Mexico Moves on Energy in Economic Reset
Indigenous clash with colonizers over Bosawas Reserves (#3)
Update on Worker Rights ….
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Days of Action, February 18-24
New USLEAP Report on Colombia’s Compliance with Labor Action Plan
Hunger Strike by Colombian General Motors Leader Ends; Campaign Continues May Day Labor Delegation to El Salvador Students Launch New Campaign Against Adidas Continue reading
Wind Farm Mega-Project in Oaxaca sparks resistance, repression
(It is never simple…what might appear to be a good idea still has consequences)
By Carol Schachet January 24th, 2013
Local residents from San Dionisio del Mar (Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico) are protesting the construction of a huge wind farm in their community. Their prolonged and energetic resistance has been met with violent repression and even death threats made against several opposition leaders.
To take action in support of the community, click here.
Country Updates: Chile; Chaipas, Bolivia; Honduras; Guatemala; Colombia; El Salvador
Four Chilean SOA Graduates Charged with 1973 Murder of Victor Jara http://www.soaw.org/news/organizing-updates/4016-four-chilean-soa-graduates-charged-with-1973-murder-of-folk-singer-victor-jara#video
The EZLN Prepares Communiqué; Las Abejas Will Recall 15 Years from the Massacre in Acteal
Bolivia: Evo Morales’ “Manifesto of the Island of the Sun” http://truth-out.org/news/item/13643-bolivia-evo-morales-manifesto-of-the-island-of-the-sun
Bolivia slams US over ‘irrefutable evidence’ of meddling
Honduras on CBSNews: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57561301/inside-the-worlds-deadliest-country-honduras/
Guatemala News from NISGUA
Justice & Accountability – Oxlajuj B’ak’tun: A New Era Begins
Trade & Globalization
Across Guatemala Communities Defend their Right to Life
The Resistance at La Puya Threatened with Eviction
Guatemala Rejects Inter-American Court Jurisdiction Over Pre-1987 Abuses GUATEMALAN PRESIDENTIAL DECREE – IMPUNITY FOR GENOCIDE AND OTHER WAR CRIMES
Chile Invokes Pinochet-Era Anti-Terrorism Law in Wake of Arson Attacks
Colombia: Congress approved the constitutional reform to the military justice system despite international condemnation
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