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Solidarity Action with Honduras
In the early hours of Sep 21 the legitimate President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya returned to the capital Tegucigalpa after nearly 3 months in political exile. He is within the grounds of the Brazilian Embassy whilst tens of thousands of [...]

La Paz, 5 ago (PL) Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that he would ask the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to reject the installation of foreign military bases in Latin America, following a meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe.
“We will take a proposed resolution to the UNASUR meeting rejecting the presence of any [...]

By Nokolas Kozloff, from CounterPunch
When the Honduran military overthrew the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago there might have been a sigh of relief in the corporate board rooms of Chiquita banana. Earlier this year the Cincinnati-based fruit company joined Dole in criticizing the government in Tegucigalpa which had raised the [...]

By Bill Weinberg, from NACLA
The Merida Initiative, Washington’s new security program for Mexico and Central America, was immediately dubbed “Plan Mexico” by its critics—implying it is a new version of Plan Colombia. Mexico is now poised to supersede Colombia as the hemisphere’s top recipient of U.S. security aid.
From its origins 10 years ago, the multibillion-dollar [...]

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By Roberto Jorquera
www.directaction.org.au
President Manuel Zelaya is attempting to return to Honduras together with Miquel D’Escotto President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Zelaya flew in from Washington after a meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that suspended the membership of Honduras. At the same time another delegation led by the [...]

In Australia we hear little about Colombia, and when Colombia appears on the news or in movies it is always associated with drug production and trafficking. News reports and movies often portray the conflict in Colombia as “The War on Drugs” and US intervention in Colombia as a necessity to combat the drug cartels that [...]

Update No. 6 Monday, 30th March 2009.
Dear friends and supporters of freedom for Liliany Obando,
We regret to inform you that on 10th February and again twice in March the courts and the Fiscal 19 in Colombia rejected an application for home detention for Colombian trade unionist Liliany Obando. The Fiscalia closed the investigation and committed [...]

Free Liliany Obando Campaign
International women’s day
Día Internacional de la mujer
Long live women! Freedom for all political prisoners!
On this International Women’s Day, Peace and Justice for Colombia sends its greetings to Liliany, all women political prisoners and all women in the struggle for a better society for those who they love.
On international women’s day:
8th March 2009