South America

Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions

pirate — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:24:30 -0400

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

pirate — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:10:01 -0400

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

pirate — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:11:33 -0400

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

pirate — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:21:49 -0400

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

pirate — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:43:16 -0400

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

pirate — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:37:45 -0400

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 »

Ecuador says CIA controls part of its intelligence

pirate — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:59:42 -0400

By Alonso Soto Sat Apr 5, 2005

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's president accused the CIA on Saturday of controlling many of his country's spy agencies, in comments that could fray ties with Washington and drag it into Ecuador's feud with neighboring Colombia. read more »

Man dead, policeman wounded in Chile riots

pirate — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:46:47 -0400

SANTIAGO, March 30 (Reuters) - A man died, a police officer was wounded, and 122 people were arrested in Santiago on Saturday night in riots marking the anniversary of the 1985 police slaying of two leftist brothers during the Pinochet dictatorship, police said.

A 28-year-old died after he was shot by protesters who accused him of being a police infiltrator, a police spokesman told Reuters.

A police officer was also serious wounded in the protests, he said. Angry demonstrations to mark the "Day of the Young Combatant," an unofficial commemoration of the anniversary, have become an annual event in the Chilean capital. read more »

Argentines recall 1976 military coup

pirate — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:55:58 -0400

By BILL CORMIER, Associated Press Mar 24, 2008

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Thousands of Argentines marched to mark Monday's anniversary of a 1976 military coup that launched seven years of dictatorship, carrying banners bearing photographs of the people who disappeared under the junta. read more »

Plan Colombia: Cashing in on the Drug War Failure--Film Screening and Discussion

pirate — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:59:44 -0400

Start: 04/02/2008 - 19:00

End: 04/02/2008 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

Film and Talk Wed. April 2, 7pm at Media Island
816 Adams St. SE Olympia (across from the Downtown Library)

And discussion about current Colombia/ Venezuela Situation