Links but No Update for August 31, 2014

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

The Common Market of the South: the long and difficult path to integration (Latin America)
http://alainet.org/active/76660

Lifting the Sentence of Secrecy in Chile
http://nacla.org/news/2014/8/25/lifting-sentence-secrecy-chile

Threat of Hydropower Dams Still Looms in Chile’s Patagonia
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/5017-threat-of-hydropower-dams-still-looms-in-chiles-patagonia

Ghosts of Olavarría: Human Rights Trial in Argentina Seeks Justice for Victims of Military Dictatorship
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/argentina-archives-32/5013-ghosts-of-olavarria-human-rights-trial-in-argentina-seeks-justice-for-victims-of-military-dictatorship

Protecting the Amazon Includes Defending Indigenous Rights (Brazil)
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12281

What Happened To Progressive Politics In Lima (Peru)
http://nacla.org/news/2014/8/27/what-happened-progressive-politics-lima

US Senators Urge Ecuador to Restore Relations with Israel
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/5020-us-senators-urge-ecuador-to-restore-relations-with-israel

Colombia Peace Talks Restart with FARC Warning
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Colombia-Peace-Talks-Restart-with-FARC-Warning-20140901-0033.html

Poll Sees Conflicting Approval Rates for Venezuelan President Maduro
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/10864

Venezuela: Maduro in Chávez’s Shoes
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/venezuela-archives-35/5015-venezuela-maduro-in-chavezs-shoes

Snapshot from the Economic War in Venezuela
http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/10870

Guatemala: Mobilizing Against "Monsanto Bill" Passed Secretly by Congress
https://intercontinentalcry.org/guatemala-mobilizing-against-monsanto-bill-passed-secretly-by-congress-25404/

Bonilla’s New Role Raises Questions for U.S.-Funded Police Trainings in Honduras
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/5023-bonillas-new-role-raises-questions-for-us-funded-police-trainings-in-honduras

Pena Nieto’s Rankings Take a Nose Dive (Mexico)
http://fnsnews.nmsu.edu/pena-nietos-rankings-take-a-nose-dive/

Hundreds Protest Mexican President State of the Union Address
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Hundreds-Protest-Mexican-President-State-of-the-Union-Address-20140901-0044.html

Mexico Debates the Minimum Wage
http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA/mlna_articles.php?id=227#1745

Queering the Metro in Mexico City
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/5021-queering-the-metro-in-mexico-city

Former Braceros Demand Their Social Welfare Funds (Mexico)
http://www.ueinternational.org/MLNA/mlna_articles.php?id=227#1742

Ciudad Juarez Demands: No More Abuse (Mexico)
http://fnsnews.nmsu.edu/ciudad-juarez-demands-no-more-abuse/

The Real Story Behind the “Invasion” of the Children (US/immigration)
http://nacla.org/blog/2014/8/25/real-story-behind-%E2%80%9Cinvasion%E2%80%9D-children

Despite Current Debate, Police Militarization Goes Beyond U.S. Borders (US/policy)
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/international-archives-60/5010-despite-current-debate-police-militarization-goes-beyond-us-borders