Links but no Update for June 8, 2008

[Due to other commitments, we are unable to send out an Update this week. We'll be back next week. Below are links to stories from other sources.]

More breaking stories from alternative sources:
Brazil: Landowning-Military Front Against Indigenous Policy
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1312/68/

Temporary Relief from Mining Conflicts in Ecuador
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1320/1/

Colombia: paramilitaries threaten pacifists
http://ww4report.com/node/5607

U.S. Military Looks to Colombia to Replace Base in Ecuador
http://nacla.org/node/4736

Venezuelan foreign minister disses "criminal" Negroponte
http://ww4report.com/node/5610

Will the Bolivarian Revolution End Coal Mining in Venezuela? http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1311/68/

The Remittance Industry: El Salvador's Post-War Struggle
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1319/1/

UDW Sits Down with the FMLN's Mauricio Funes from El Salvador (Part II)http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1314/1/

Mexican lawmakers oppose Mérida Initiative rights conditions
http://ww4report.com/node/5609

Chiapas: army occupies Zapatista communities in "anti-drug" ops
http://ww4report.com/node/5608

Anti-Ulises: A Day In the Life of a Simmering City
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1315/1/

An Open Letter on US Policy for Cuba
http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/cockcroft010608.html

For more Latin America news stories from mainstream and alternative sources:
http://nacla.newsvine.com/

For immigration updates and events:
http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/