Links but No Update for May 4, 2014

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

Brazil: riot rocks Rio favela
http://ww4report.com/node/13202

Why Is Blackwater Helping to Train Brazil’s World Cup Security?
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4829-why-is-blackwater-helping-to-train-brazils-world-cup-security

Peru’s Conga Mine Conflict: Cajamarca Won’t Capitulate
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/peru-archives-76/4823-perus-conga-mine-conflict-cajamarca-wont-capitulate

Fundacion Pachamama Is Dead - Long Live ALBA (Ecuador)
http://intercontinentalcry.org/fundacion-pachamama-dead-long-live-alba-part-investigative-report/

Ecuador: A new political map
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4827-ecuador-a-new-political-map

The Colombian President, “Some Judge” and the Mayor of Bogotá
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/the-americas-blog/the-colombia-president-some-judge-and-the-mayor-of-bogota

Colombia: Presidential Candidates Must Champion Human Rights
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4824-colombia-presidential-candidates-must-champion-human-rights

May Day mining disaster in Colombia
http://ww4report.com/node/13206

Extended Social Programs and Benefits Announced during Venezuela’s May Day Celebrations
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10659

HRW: Systematic rights abuses in Venezuela
http://ww4report.com/node/13032#comment-452092

Panama: Mayday with strikes and elections
http://alainet.org/active/73408

Panama Police Attack Ngäbe Protest Camps
http://intercontinentalcry.org/panama-police-attack-ngabe-protest-camps-22876/

Resistance as Promised, Panamanian Indigenous Continue to Protest
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4825-resistance-as-promised-panamanian-indigenous-continue-to-protest

Impunity and Dispossession in Mexico: San Sebastián Bachajón on the Anniversary of the Assassination of Juan Vázquez Guzmán
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/4822-impunity-and-dispossession-in-mexico-san-sebastian-bachajon-on-the-anniversary-of-the-assassination-of-juan-vazquez-guzman

Fight Against Monsanto Enters the Courtroom (Mexico)
http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/11926

The Crusade Against Hunger and the Persistence of Poverty (Mexico)
http://nacla.org/news/2014/4/29/crusade-against-hunger-and-persistence-poverty

Los Mineros Victory at Teksid (Mexico)
http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA/mlna_articles.php?id=223#1701

LGBT Conference in Cuba Surrounded by Expectations and Controversy
http://nacla.org/blog/2014/5/5/lgbt-conference-cuba-surrounded-expectations-and-controversy

The Fight Deepens on May Day 2014 (US/immigration)
http://fnsnews.nmsu.edu/the-fight-deepens-on-may-day-2014/