Monday, March 24, 2014

Links but No Update for March 23, 2014

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

A Step Toward Justice in the Long “War on Terror”: Uruguay Offers to Welcome Guantanamo Detainees
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/uruguay-archives-48/4757-a-step-toward-justice-in-the-long-war-on-terror-uruguay-offers-to-welcome-guantanamo-detainees

Uruguay agrees to take five Guantánamo prisoners
http://ww4report.com/node/13090

Repsol sells Amazon oil stake (Peru)
http://ww4report.com/node/12537#comment-452029

Peru: new repression at Conga mine site
http://ww4report.com/node/13088

Chevron seeks $32 million in Ecuador case
http://ww4report.com/node/13091

HRW documents mass displacement in Colombia
http://ww4report.com/node/13092

Displaced and Duty-Free in El Tamarindo, Colombia
http://nacla.org/blog/2014/3/24/displaced-and-duty-free-el-tamarindo-colombia

Colombian president orders removal of Bogotá mayor
http://ww4report.com/node/12954#comment-452028

Should the Media Report on Who is Killing Whom In Venezuela, When Death Tolls are Reported?
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/should-the-media-report-on-who-is-killing-whom-in-venezuela-when-death-tolls-are-reported

The Truth about Venezuela: A Revolt of the Well-off, Not a 'Terror Campaign'
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4750-the-truth-about-venezuela-a-revolt-of-the-well-off-not-a-terror-campaign

OAS Votes Not to “Turn Itself Into a Circus” (Venezuela)
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/oas-votes-not-to-turn-itself-into-a-circus-earlier-this-week-in-a-highly-irregular-move-panama-offered-its-seat-at-the-regular-meeting-of-the-oas-permanent-council-today-to-venezuelan-opposition-lawmaker-maria-corina-machado-machad

Several More Die in Venezuela’s Disturbances, Opposition Reject Dialogue Call
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10530

Venezuela’s Black Market Dollar Plummets on News of New Exchange Rate Mechanism
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/venezuelas-black-market-dollar-plummets-on-news-of-new-exchange-rate-mechanism

Native Lines - La Trocha de Platanares (Panama)
http://intercontinentalcry.org/native-lines-la-trocha-de-platanares/

A Precarious Victory in El Salvador
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4754-a-precarious-victory-in-el-salvador

Radicalized Right Grasps for Reins of Power in El Salvador
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4753-radicalized-right-grasps-for-reins-of-power-in-el-salvador

Canadian Aid, Honduran Oil
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4759-canadian-aid-honduran-oil

Honduras: Who Should Really Be On Trial For the Rio Blanco Dam?
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/4748-honduras-who-should-really-be-on-trial-for-the-rio-blanco-dam

Honduras: New Colonel for Operation Xatruch, More of the Same for Lower Aguan?
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/honduras-archives-46/4741-honduras-new-colonel-for-operation-xatruch-more-of-the-same-for-lower-aguan

Ecocide in Guatemala: Call for International Solidarity
http://intercontinentalcry.org/ecocide-in-guatemala-call-for-international-solidarity-22541/

Guatemala's ex-prez took bribes from Taiwan
http://ww4report.com/node/13087

Fashion Faux Pas? Free Trade and Sweatshop Labor in Guatemala
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/guatemala-archives-33/4745-fashion-faux-pas-free-trade-and-sweatshop-labor-in-guatemala

Mexico’s Oil Belongs to Its Citizens, Not the Global 1%
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4749-mexicos-oil-belongs-to-its-citizens-not-the-global-1

Assault case highlights gender bias in Mexican courts
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11708

Michoacán crackdown on narco-mineral nexus (Mexico)
http://ww4report.com/node/13097

Free Zapatista Textbook Now Available in English (Mexico)
http://intercontinentalcry.org/free-zapatista-textbook-now-available-english/

The Zapatistas at 20: Building Autonomous Community (Mexico)
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4758-the-zapatistas-at-20-building-autonomous-community

In Southeastern U.S., Poultry and Migration Booms Change the Face of Rural America (US/immigration)
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11699

"Bring Them Home" Undocumented Activism: Week One in Otay (US/immigration)
http://nacla.org/news/2014/3/15/bring-them-home-undocumented-activism-week-one-otay

#BringThemHome Campaign Reunites Families at the Border (Photo Essay) (US/immigration)
http://nacla.org/bringthemhome-campaign-reunites-families-border-photo-essay

Why are so many migrants here in the first place? (US/immigration)
http://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/power-asking-simple-question-many-migrants-first-place/

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