By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press Oct. 23, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A wiry Marxist revolutionary who kidnapped the U.S. ambassador to protest Brazil's military dictatorship in 1969 could become Rio de Janeiro's next mayor. read more »
South America
Solidarity with Paraguayan farmers attacked by soja paramilitaries
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 12:04.Oct 28, 2008
Received this urgent request from a PGA comrade working in Paraguay
against the violent invasion by "bio-fuel"and agribusiness soja. Even
just an e-mail campaign can help, especially with the new governement
there.
Obviously, if some places could do more than that...
O. SOLIDARITY ACTION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST PEASANT COMMUNITIES IN PARAGUAY
Peasant organisations are resisting against the beginning of the GM
soya season all over the country of Paraguay. They demand access to
land, land reform and the stop of the pesticide spraying which
impacts on their communities. Despite the new government, many camps
have been evicted and violence has taken place: 2 leaders have been read more »
Video may show Colombian police firing shots during protest
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 14:14.
Oct. 22, 2008
SANTANDER DE QUILICHAO, COLOMBIA (CNN) -- Colombian riot police
may have fired live bullets at Indian protesters, according to a
videotape that CNN obtained. The footage comes despite a government
pledge that security forces would not do so.
The tape shows what appear to be riot and regular uniformed police
at southwest Colombia's La Maria Indian reservation in a region where
thousands of Indians have been protesting since October 10 for greater
land rights and against free-market capitalism.
read more »
Former Marxist revolutionary may become Rio mayor
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 14:04.Thousands stage sit-in protest in Venezuela prisons
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:52.CARACAS (Reuters) - Thousands of relatives of inmates staged sit-in protests on Tuesday in prisons across Venezuela to protest abuse and poor conditions in one of the nation's largest such protests in years. read more »
Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 02:24.The Associated Press Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Peru's government declared a state of emergency Monday in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations to protest a law that makes it easier to sell their lands.
The 30-day decree published in the official gazette suspends rights to public gatherings and free transit in three northern provinces.
It follows nine days of protests by members of 65 Indian tribes and a clash Saturday in northern Peru between police and hundreds of spear-carrying Indians with painted faces. Lima newspaper El Comercio reported eight officers and four protesters were injured. read more »
The Real Operation to "Rescue" Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/09/2008 - 15:10.
indymedia.org July 8, 2008
features about betancourt
In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, filter the content and out of this is formed a true understanding of the facts of what happened here. read more »
Poor people of Peru Take Cops Hostage
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 13:11.
BombsandShields June 18, 2008
Moquegua, Peru - Poor residents of the copper rich southern state of Moquegua have taken 48 police officers hostage and captured a police station, which they burned. read more »
Thousands of Bolivians protest at U.S. embassy
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 13:21.By Ana Maria Fabbri June 9, 2008
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of leftist president Evo Morales protested outside the U.S. Embassy in La Paz on Monday, demanding the United States send home for trial two right-wing Bolivian politicians.
The protest followed comments by former Defense Minister Carlos Sanchez Berzain, who told a local radio station last week that a U.S. court had granted him political asylum. read more »
Buenos Aires, Argentina: A Different Kind of Land Occupation
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 21:43.ainfos May 21, 2008
"This is going to be a different type of occupation," say the people of Tierra y
Libertad (Land and Freedom), a land occupation on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The name of their group gives an idea of what they intend. The occupation began on March 29th this year when 40 families entered a small parcel of land in La Matanza and began setting up a community. Since then the occupation has grown to over 135 families and has continued to organize and resist eviction in the face of intimidation and violence. read more »
Venezuela: Peasants Murdered
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 12:37.From: EL NUEVO TOPO <giltapia@igc.org>
May 3, 2008 10:51 Two peasants were murdered on or about April 25, according to the Frente Campesino Ezequiel Zamora. (FNCEZ)
The FNCEZ states: "A group of criminals who hide behind police uniformssilenced the lives of two noted peasants, Fabricio Duglas Ivan Perez Heredia and his brother Engel Alexander Hernesto Perez Heredia. Their bodies were found in the zone of Pavia. Witnesses confirmed that the companeros were transported in a police car shortly before their bodies were found. read more »
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