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Bolivia OKs Indigenous Autonomies

2008-04-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

The Bolivian government ratified its recognition of indigenous autonomies, in accordance with a November 2007 ruling and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, vice president Alvaro Garcia said here. According to the government official, the country's new political Constitution guarantees Bolivian native people the right to free determination, self-governing and to

Fidel Castro: Bush, Millionaires, Consumption and Under-Consumption

2008-04-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

Fidel Castro warned that if the empire managed to secure control of Cuba again, not one of the higher institutions created by the Revolution would remain to guarantee young people this right. "It would send most young people to the countryside, to cut sugarcane. It is a declared policy. It would attempt to steal the artistic and scientific talents Cuba has nurtured, as it has done in other

Sweden Warned of US Cuba Scheme

2008-04-13T00:35:00.000-07:00

Stockholm, Apr 12 The Swedish government was warned of new pressures by the United States on European Union (EU) countries to join the growing hostility against Cuba. The warning was contained in a letter by Tomas Wilden, member of the Swedish-Cuba Association, to Per Norstrom and Hanna Lambert, deputy director and official, respectively, of the Swedish Foreign Ministry´s Americas desk. The

Raul Castro to let renters own their homes

2008-04-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

In a major change in Cuba's state-controlled system, Raul Castro is allowing thousands of renters to gain title to their homes, AP is reporting. It's his first formal decree since he succeeded his brother Fidel as president in February. Cubans — especially military families, sugar workers, construction workers, teachers and doctors — will be able to pass their homes or apartments to family

Intellectuals to Lead Struggle for Peace

2008-04-12T00:00:00.002-07:00

Intellectuals from Latin America and Europe arrived in Caracas to attend a seminar on peace and sovereignty and to defend people from attacks by corporate media. Argentinian writer and journalist Stella Calloni said she came to Caracas to rescue words from those who use it to kill for the world needs justice, brotherhoods and solidarity. Calloni expressed concern on the ways that corporate

Even Republicans Favor Stalling Colombia Deal

2008-04-12T00:00:00.001-07:00

The Bush administration's propaganda arm -- which operates under the misnomer: White House Communications office -- is pushing the fantasy that Thursday's House vote to delay action on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement was "trade pandering." But what does former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Richard Lugar, an Indiana Republican with a long record of backing free trade pacts and a

Chiapas - Mexico's Tibet

2008-04-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

by Julie Webb-Pullman On 10 April, a petition signed by more than 30 New Zealanders was delivered to the Mexican Ambassador to New Zealand, Angélica Arce, declaiming ongoing human rights abuses of indigenous Mexicans, impunity for the perpetrators, and marking the 89th anniversary of the assassination of Mexican indigenous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, whose fight for justice for indigenous

Two Triqui Community Radio Reporters Assassinated

2008-04-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

Lawlessness, Assassination and Impunity in Oaxaca By Nancy Davies April 11, 2008 The Triqui indigenous community of San Juan Copala, which declared autonomy on January 21, 2007, has suffered the bitter loss of two young women. Felicitas Martinez, age 20, and Teresa Bautista, age 24, were traveling in a rural part of Oaxaca state on route to the statewide meeting “For the Defense of the Rights

Bolivia to Control Its Oil by May

2008-04-11T07:51:00.000-07:00

Bolivian State Oil Fields (YPFB) may recover control of four transnational oil companies in Bolivia by May 1, a strategy prioritized by the Evo Morales government. According to sources from the Hydrocarbon ministry, the decision was adopted in a cabinet meeting and could go into effect by the beginning of next month, two years after nationalization of hydrocarbons. The measure includes emphasis

Mexico opposition storms Congress

2008-04-11T06:54:00.000-07:00

[Thanks to ghettodefender for this link] Opposition politicians have seized control of both chambers of Mexico's Congress to protests against a controversial energy bill proposed by Felipe Calderon, the president. Members of the Democratic Revolution Party stormed the podiums, forcing a recess in both the Senate and lower house on Thursday. Some of the protesters put on hard hats to represent

House Democrats defeat Colombia free-trade deal

2008-04-10T17:23:00.000-07:00

by Pablo Bachelet WASHINGTON A free-trade agreement with Colombia got swept away by Democratic presidential politics and concerns over domestic economic woes, with the House of Representatives handing the Bush administration a stinging defeat Thursday on a deal that had been touted as crucial to U.S. interests.