Links but No Update for August 16, 2009

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

Perspectives and Challenges in Mercosur: An Interview with Carlos Alvarez of Mercosur
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6324

Argentine Factory Wins Legal Battle: FASINPAT Zanon Belongs to the People
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2052/1/

The Condemned of Buenos Aires
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6341

The Other Chile: Following Victor Jara's Songs
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6332

Chile: Mapuche Activist's Death Heats Up Conflict
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2056/68/

Bolivia Prescribes Solidarity: Health Care Reform under Evo Morales
https://nacla.org/node/6070

Peru: police use tear gas against Pisco road blockades
http://ww4report.com/node/7702

"Swine flu" hits indigenous peoples in Peruvian Amazon
http://ww4report.com/node/7695

Peru: aerial photos reveal loggers inside uncontacted tribes' territory
http://ww4report.com/node/7696

Obama's Choice: New Documents Show United States Seeks Colombian Bases for Training and Operations
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6351

Colombia: U.S. Bases Stoke the Flames of Regional Conflict
https://nacla.org/node/6058

Colombia: Spying on Human Rights Defenders http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2055/68/

Invasive Illegal Intelligence Gathering Threatens Colombian Union and Human Rights Leaders http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2046/68/

Video Report: Gold, Impunity and Violence in Cabañas, El Salvador
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2050/68/

Another Anti-mining Activist Shot in Cabañas El Salvador, Hitman Tied to Pacific Rim is Detained
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2049/1/

Military Forces Sow Terror and Fear in Honduras
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6354

Honduras: Obama Administration Restating Its Position? http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2051/68/

Action Alert: Attack Against Offices of Vía Campesina in Honduras http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2047/68/

Honduras: The Frontline in the Battle for Democracy http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2043/1/

“The Only Crime” in Honduras
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2057/1/

Demand Fair Reporting on Honduras
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/jfp140809.html

Honduras: repression continues; Obama acquiescing in coup?
http://ww4report.com/node/7697

International PEN Protests Sentencing of Guatemalan Publisher
https://nacla.org/node/6065

Mexico: sentences overturned in Acteal massacre
http://ww4report.com/node/7703

Mexico's Human Rights Record Comes Under Fire in U.S. Congress
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6336

Lack of Leadership at the North American Leaders Summit
http://americasprogram.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/the-deficit-of-leadership-at-the-north-american-leaders-summit

Rethinking Hazardous Waste under NAFTA
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6335