Links but No Update for March 21, 2010

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

Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6700

Israeli foreign minister snubs Lula's "peace mission" (Brazil)
http://ww4report.com/node/8486

Report to UN Reveals Shocking Situation of Guarani Tribe in Brazil
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2409-report-to-un-reveals-shocking-situation-of-guarani-tribe-in-brazil-

Bolivia: general who captured Che Guevara questioned in destablization plot
http://ww4report.com/node/8483

Bolivia: prison party over for García Meza
http://ww4report.com/node/8467

Bolivia’s New Political Space: An Interview With Ambassador Pablo Solón
https://nacla.org/node/6473

Bolivia Creates a New Opportunity for Climate Talks
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2411-bolivia-creates-a-new-opportunity-for-climate-talks-

Bolivia’s New Political Space: An Interview With Ambassador Pablo Solón
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2410-bolivias-new-political-space-an-interview-with-ambassador-pablo-solon

The Militarization of the Peruvian Countryside
https://nacla.org/node/6482

FARC commander "Ivan Vargas" gets 20 years in US prison (Colombia)
http://ww4report.com/node/8482

Colombia: peasant human rights defender assassinated
http://ww4report.com/node/8481

Colombian journalist assassinated after exposing paras
http://ww4report.com/node/8487

Colombia: Canadian free trade agreement advances —despite rights concerns
http://ww4report.com/node/8480

U.S. Bases in Colombia Rattle the Region
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/colombia-archives-61/2412-us-bases-in-colombia-rattle-the-region

Colombia Elections 2010
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/6703

For Venezuela, There is No Going Back: A Discussion with Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/venezuela-archives-35/2413-for-venezuela-there-is-no-going-back-a-discussion-with-federico-fuentes-and-kiraz-janicke

Third Honduran journalist gunned down in two weeks
http://ww4report.com/node/8470

Honduras: Repression Intensifies, Resistance Deepens, and Washington Promotes Recognition of the Post-Coup Regime
https://nacla.org/node/6480

U.S. Tries to Divide Honduran Resistance
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2414-us-tries-to-divide-honduran-resistance

Honduras: Poll Proposed by Resistance Challenges Regime
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/2406-honduran-resistance-challenges-regime

Guatemala: In Memory of Our Martyrs and Bloodshed in Comalapa
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/guatemala-archives-33/2403-guatemala-in-memory-of-our-martyrs-and-bloodshed-in-comalapa

National Strike Begins in Mexico, Police Respond With Violence
http://mywordismyweapon.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-strike-begins-in-mexico-police.html

Federal Police Attack Five More Electricians' Blockades, One Electrician Shot
http://mywordismyweapon.blogspot.com/2010/03/federal-police-attack-five-more.html

Cartel gunmen block roads in northern Mexico
http://ww4report.com/node/8479

Haiti’s Earthquake Victims in Great Peril
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/haiti-archives-51/2408-haitis-earthquake-victims-in-great-peril

Post-disaster reconstruction: Putting Haitian citizens into the equation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/beverly-bell/post-disaster-reconstruct_b_499110.html

Haiti's Excluded
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100329/lindsay

Student Protests in Dominican Republic Shut Down Universities
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2405-student-protests-in-dominican-republic-shut-down-universities