Links but No Update for January 5, 2014

[We continue to have problems with computer replacement. We hope to resume full publication soon.]

Drone Use Soars in Latin America, Remains Widely Unregulated
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/4615-drone-use-soars-in-latin-america-remains-widely-unregulated-

Land Conflicts in Argentina: From Resistance to Systemic Transformation
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/argentina-archives-32/4624-land-conflicts-in-argentina-from-resistance-to-systemic-transformation

Chile: 'Caravan of Death' perps guilty of murder
http://ww4report.com/node/12860

Paraguay: Woman at the center of resistance
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11255

Brazilian Ruralists Hold ‘Auction for Resistance’ Against Indigenous Land Claims
http://intercontinentalcry.org/brazilian-ruralists-hold-auction-resistance-indigenous-land-claims/

Brazil: indigenous reserve attacked in Amazon
http://ww4report.com/node/12871

Brazil: Guaraní prepared to die for demarcation
http://ww4report.com/node/12872

Was Snowden’s Letter to Brazil a Quid-Pro-Quo Offer?
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/was-snowdens-letter-to-brazil-a-quid-pro-quo-offer

Bolivia: Presidente Evo’s Double Christmas Bonus
http://nacla.org/blog/2014/1/4/bolivia-presidente-evo%E2%80%99s-double-christmas-bonus

Close the NGOs: Asserting Sovereignty or Eroding Democracy? (Bolivia/Ecuador)
http://nacla.org/blog/2013/12/31/close-ngos-asserting-sovereignty-or-eroding-democracy

Peru: Police Abuse in the Pay of Mining Companies
https://nacla.org/blog/2013/12/16/peru-police-abuse-pay-mining-companies

Peru: controversial copper project moves ahead
http://ww4report.com/node/12878

US Government Misled Public on Critical Role in Colombia’s 2008 Illegal Cross-border Attack
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/us-government-misled-public-on-critical-role-in-colombias-2008-illegal-cross-border-attack

The U.S. Multibillion “Black Budget” War in Colombia
http://nacla.org/blog/2013/12/26/us-multibillion-%E2%80%9Cblack-budget%E2%80%9D-war-colombia

Colombia: photos link Uribe to narcos, paras
http://ww4report.com/node/12897

ELN bombsColombia oil pipeline infrastructure
http://ww4report.com/node/12896

Colombia: US suspends spraying after pilots downed
http://ww4report.com/node/12895

Colombia: intensified violence against labor leaders
http://ww4report.com/node/12874

Venezuelan Government to “Establish New Economic Order” Next Year after 56.2% Inflation in 2013
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10261

Outrage Following Honduran Colonel‘s Attack against U.S. Human Rights Defender
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/outrage-following-honduran-colonels-attack-against-us-human-rights-defender

Mexican Congress Passes Energy Reform Law: Oil, Gas, and Electric Open to Foreign Investment
http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA/mlna_articles.php?id=219#1663

No Golden Pond for NAFTA Generation Retirees (Mexico)
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11244

The EZLN - A look at its History (Part 3): The Option for the Poor
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4616-the-ezln-a-look-at-its-history-part-3-the-option-for-the-poor

Chiapas: Zapatistas mark 20 years of rebellion (Mexico)
http://ww4report.com/node/12881

New Forms of Revolution (Part 1): The Lacandona Commune (Mexico)
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4620-new-forms-of-revolution-part-1-the-lacandona-commune

Teacher Dissidents Continue Protests, Plan Convention to Chart Future (Mexico)
http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA/mlna_articles.php?id=219#1667

UNESCO concerned that mining projects threaten sacred sites essential for the Wixárika pilgrimage to Wirikuta (Mexico)
http://intercontinentalcry.org/unesco-concerned-mining-projects-threaten-sacred-sites-essential-wixarika-pilgrimage-wirikuta/

AID Takes Step Toward Greater Transparency, Reveals Low Levels of Local Procurement (Haiti)
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/relief-and-reconstruction-watch/usaid-takes-step-toward-greater-transparency-reveals-low-levels-of-local-procurement

Taino Rising (Puerto Rico)
http://intercontinentalcry.org/taino-rising/

Book Review: Undoing Border Imperialism (immigration)
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/4621-book-review-undoing-border-imperialism