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Uruguay Rejects “the War on Drugs”
Uruguay Rejects “the War on Drugs” By: Raúl Zibechi http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/8271 The government of President José Mujica achieved its main objective when it proposed legalizing marijuana: to spark a broad national debate regarding drugs, prohibitionist policies, and the repressive…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for September 2012
SEPTEMBER 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. Paramilitaries Cause Displacement from 2 Zapatista Communities: Comandate Abel and Union Hidalgo – On September 7, the Good Government Junta in the Caracol of Roberto Barrios denounced that paramilitaries invaded and fired…
Read MoreJavier Sicilia Meets With Sheriff Arpaio
Sicilia Comes Face-to-Face with the Sheriff Labeled As Racist and Demands that He “Be More Human” Javier Sicilia confronted Sheriff Joe Arpaio Photo: Notimex From the Editors of La Jornada Phoenix, Arizona, August 16, 2012. In an unpublished meeting,…
Read MoreCommunity Forum on Mexico
Community Forum on Mexico Immigration * The Border Drug War * Merida Initiative Mexico Peace Movement * Zapatistas * Thursday, July 12, 2012, 7:30 pm (Doors Open at 7 pm) Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary March 2012
MARCH 2012 ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY In Chiapas 1. New Charge Against Zapatista Prisoner Halts Release – On March 28, the Good Government Junta in Oventik denounced the new federal charge against Francisco Santiz: “Carrying firearms for the exclusive use of…
Read MorePentagon’s Drug War Goes Mercenary
Pentagon’s War On Drugs Goes Mercenary By: Spencer Ackerman http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/drug-war-mercenary/ An obscure Pentagon office designed to curb the flow of illegal drugs has quietly evolved into a one-stop shop for private security contractors around the world, soliciting deals worth over…
Read MoreMore Than 20 NGOs Join Caravan for Peace and Demand Attention to the Southern Border
Para leer en español: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/09/13/politica/012n1pol More than 20 NGOs Join the Caravan for Peace and Demand Attention to the Southern Border ** Since three presidential terms ago the region confronts repression as a system, they denounce ** Civil organizations strongly urge…
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