Links but No Update for September 16, 2012

[There is no Update this week; we'll be back next week. Below are links to stories from other sources.]

Chile: outrage explodes on the "other 9-11"
http://ww4report.com/node/11511

Against Impunity in Bolivia’s TIPNIS Conflict: Ex-Defense Minister Speaks Out
http://nacla.org/blog/2012/9/13/against-impunity-bolivia%E2%80%99s-tipnis-conflict-ex-defense-minister-speaks-out

Peru: first "prior consultations" on Amazon oil development
http://ww4report.com/node/11509

Talisman Energy Withdraws from Peruvian Amazon
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3862-talisman-energy-withdraws-from-peruvian-amazon

Assange and Ecuador: no monopoly on hypocrisy
http://ww4report.com/node/11508

The Long Journey From War System to a Possible Peace in Colombia
http://nacla.org/blog/2012/9/16/long-journey-war-system-possible-peace-colombia

Venezuela, Bolivia give US backtalk over drug war "blacklist"
http://ww4report.com/node/11512

Venezuela: The Dangers of a Revolution against a Woman’s Right to Abortion
http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/7249

Mining for Gold in El Salvador: A “Pact With the Devil”?
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/el-salvador-archives-74/3863-mining-for-gold-in-el-salvador-a-pact-with-the-devil-

Masked Security Guards Threaten, Fire Warning Shot at Human Rights Observers in Honduras
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3867-masked-security-guards-threaten-fire-warning-shot-at-human-rights-observers-in-honduras

Bumps in the Road Toward "Model Cities" in Honduras
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3864-bumps-in-the-road-toward-qmodel-citiesq-in-honduras

Canadian Parliamentarians meet with Guatemalan Legislators on Goldcorp’s Ticket
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/3860-canadian-parliamentarians-meet-with-guatemalan-legislators-on-goldcorps-ticket

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador To Start New Leftwing Party
http://latindispatch.com/2012/09/10/mexicos-lopez-obrador-to-start-new-leftwing-party/

Occupy the Railroad: Mexico Water Conflict Flares
http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2012/09/13/occupy-the-railroad-mexico-water-conflict-flares/

Mexico: blows against cartels claimed, bloodletting continues
http://ww4report.com/node/11510

Traitors, Tattlers, Tourists and Terror (Mexico)
http://fnsnews.nmsu.edu/2012/09/11/traitors-tattlers-tourists-and-terror/

Book Review - Drug War Mexico: Politics, Neoliberalism and Violence in the New Narcoeconomy
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/3859-book-review-drug-war-mexico-politics-neoliberalism-and-violence-in-the-new-narcoeconomy

U.S. Guns Bring Mexican Casualties
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/3861-us-guns-bring-mexican-casualties

Public Security–the Greatest Casualty of the Drug war (Mexico/US)
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/7930

Signs Point toward Controversial Renewal of MINUSTAH’s Mandate in Haiti
http://nacla.org/blog/2012/9/13/signs-point-toward-controversial-renewal-minustah%E2%80%99s-mandate-haiti

Citizens in Name Only: Muslim-Americans on the U.S.-Canada Border (US/immigration)
http://nacla.org/blog/2012/9/12/citizens-name-only-muslim-americans-us-canada-border