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Changing President Obama’s War Mindset

October 7, 2009
Changing President Obama’s War Mindset

  By Howard Zinn May 16, 2009, The Progressive We are citizens, and Obama is a politician. You might not like that word. But the fact is he’s a politician. He’s other things, too – he’s a very sensitive and intelligent and thoughtful and promising person. But he’s a politician. If you’re a citizen,...
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Colombia’s Deteriorating Displacement Crisis

October 7, 2009
Colombia’s Deteriorating Displacement Crisis

Photo by Jim Harney By Gary Leech Colombia Journal Tercer Milenio Park is located only a few blocks from Colombia’s presidential palace in the center of Bogotá and offers respite from the chaotic city to local residents. But for the past four months, it has also been a refuge from the country’s rural violence...
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US Military to Occupy Bases in Colombia

October 7, 2009
US Military to Occupy Bases in Colombia

By John Lindsay-Poland Fellowship of Reconciliation   The United States is negotiating for the use of five military facilities in Colombia, in an agreement whose objectives include “filling the gaps left by the eventual cutting of aid in Plan Colombia,” according to sources in Washington and Bogotá cited by an explosive article published...
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2009 TASSC Survivor Gathering: No More Torture!

October 7, 2009
2009 TASSC Survivor Gathering: No More Torture!

By Scott Wright TASSC Event Coordinator   For the 12th consecutive year, the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC International) gathered in the halls of Congress and the streets of Washington DC to call out to the U.S. government and governments of the world: “Torture Never Again!” the theme of this year’s gathering....
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Reclaiming America’s Soul

October 7, 2009
Reclaiming America’s Soul

By Paul Krugman New York Times April 23, 2009 Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” So declared President Obama, after his commendable decision to release the legal memos that his predecessor used to justify torture. Some people in the political and media establishments have echoed...
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  • RIGHTS-CUBA: Dissident Group Reports Uptick in Arrests September 8, 2011
    The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation criticised the situation in this Caribbean island nation in a report released three days after government media warned that a new smear campaign was being organised against the country. […]
  • MEXICO: Traditional Maize Can Cope with Climate Change September 8, 2011
    Maize, Mexico's staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Against the Current in Nuclear Energy September 8, 2011
    While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built. […]
  • US-LATAM: Human Trafficking Scourge Needs More Than Policing September 7, 2011
    South American experts and officials met in Washington this week to discuss current policy initiatives to combat human trafficking in their respective countries, part of a broader U.S.-wide tour to share information and strategies to deal with the issue. […]
  • Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime September 7, 2011
    The so-called "Northern Triangle" of Central America, plagued by poverty, violence and the legacy of civil war, is considered one of the most violent areas in the world. But neighbouring Nicaragua has largely escaped the spiralling violence, and many wonder how it has managed to do so. […]
  • Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environmental Crisis September 7, 2011
    The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation. […]
  • OP-ED-RIGHTS: "We Just Want to Know Where They Are" September 7, 2011
    The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively. […]
  • ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices September 6, 2011
    As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light. […]
  • BOLIVIA: Rainforest Road Will Have Environmental and Cultural Impacts September 6, 2011
    A richly biodiverse rainforest the size of 3,000 soccer fields in central Bolivia will be the first victim of the road planned to run through the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (TIPNIS), say environmental activists. […]
  • CUBA: Catholic Church Takes the Pulse of Religious Sentiment September 6, 2011
    The Catholic Church seems to be expecting a rise in religious sentiment among the Cuban population as a result of the climate of dialogue and more relaxed relations with the government seen since the 1998 visit of Pope John Paul II. […]