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Iguala’s Martyrs are Immortal LLCO.org Recently, following violence where six students were killed and 43 went missing in Guerrero, Mexico, burned remains were found in a mass grave in Iguala, about 200 km south of Mexico’s capital. The bodies in the grave reportedly match video images of students who were taken away by police. Several... Continue Reading →
Dubbed Terrorists, Mayans Fight Back Against Guatemalan Mining Projects by Pete Guest (Newsweek) The road between the Guatemalan towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Quetzaltenango is guarded by a dozen thin, young, Mayan men in baseball caps and hooded sweatshirts, who mill around a truck parked across the road. “If you are from the mine,”... Continue Reading →
[Genocide carried out by Israel, backed by the West. According to the West, the only children who matter are Israeli. Imperialism at work. --NP] Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N. Thu, Jun 20 07:24 AM EDT By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on... Continue Reading →
Peru approves gas project, spells disaster for uncontacted tribes (Survival International) Peru has approved the highly controversial expansion of the Camisea gas project onto the land of uncontacted Amazon tribes – despite international outrage, the resignation of three ministers, and condemnation by the United Nations and international human rights organizations. Peru’s Ministry of Culture, tasked... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism is destroying our planet. Capitalism is depleting the planet's resources quicker than Earth can replenish them. Capitalism is a system based on greater and greater expansion. Capitalism cares nothing about the suffering of the masses nor the slow death of the Earth. Capitalism is about profit. It is about sacrificing humanity's long term interest... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving celebrates genocide (new-power.org) American society is based on genocide. The very land that the United States is on was stolen from indigenous peoples. Tens of millions were killed. Millions more were rounded up and put into prisoner of war camps that became reservations. Reservations were placed on the worst land. There the victims barely... Continue Reading →
[Capitalism destroys cultural treasures and replaces them with its stupidity. -- NP] Ancient Pyramid Destroyed in Peru as Developers Eye Land (globalvoices) This post, written by Jessica Mota, was originally published [pt] on 21 August 2013 by Brazilian investigative news organization Agência Pública as part of the series on #PatrimônioAmeaçado (Threatened Heritage, in Portuguese). It was four o'clock in... Continue Reading →
[The Guatemalan military has long been trained and armed by the United States. An estimated 200,000 people were killed in the days when Guatemala was ruled by a CIA-backed, death-squad state. The same forces still rule Guatemala today. The poor, indigenous peoples have their rights trampled on by the comprador elites and their imperialist allies.... Continue Reading →
[Indigenous peoples are still fighting colonization. Genocide since 1492... -- NP] Deadly attack stokes Chile Mapuche conflict VILCUN, Chile (AP) — The hooded men approached the ranch by night, scattering pamphlets about the death of a Mapuche Indian activist shot in the back by a policeman. The property belonged to an elderly couple who had... Continue Reading →
[Bourgeois justice in action. Not even too little, too late. Zip. Nada.-- NP] Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of... Continue Reading →
Guatemala cracks down on anti-mine protests GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings Thursday in four townships east of the capital following several days of violent clashes between police and anti-mining protesters. The confrontations, which included mine security guards, have left one policeman dead, six residents... Continue Reading →
[It is necessary to end the petrol economy and the culture of consumption that drives it. -- NP] Peru declares Amazon oil contamination emergency By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANK BAJAK (AP) LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been... Continue Reading →
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