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The Mexican Electrical Trades Union SME, the Mexican National Union of Mining Workers (Cananea, Sonora), as well as many other unions and social, political, peoples organisations, are calling for a National Day of Political Strike, on March 16, 2010, starting at 12pm. (Remember March 16 Mexico time is March 17 in Australia).

These organisations are calling [...]

Some 1,200 members of Mexico’s National Miners’ and Metalworkers’ Union, or Los Mineros, have been on strike since July 2007 at the Cananea mine over health and safety and other contract violations. Grupo Mexico – the mining giant which operates Cananea – and the Mexican government have continuously tried to end the strike and crush [...]

All together for Haiti!

On the night of October 11, six thousand soldiers and militarized police took over the offices of Luz y Fuerza del Centro, the State owned corporation that provides power to Mexico City and some states in Central Mexico; the entity was liquidated by an executive order issued by Mexico′s president Felipe Calderón. Since then, the [...]

Calderon Uses 6,000 Federal Agents to Fire Over 44,000 Luz y Fuerza Workers
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FMexican Electrical Workers Union members protest the summary firing of 44,000 members. Photo: La Jornada
In the middle of the night last Saturday, President Felipe Calderon sent six thousand soldiers and militarized Federal Police to take over state power company Luz y [...]

Report from Honduras: Ousted President Manuel Zelaya Returns to Honduras in Defiance of Coup Government
We go live to the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, where Manuel Zelaya has sought refuge. After Zelayas dramatic return, the coup government ordered a curfew, but thousands of Zelaya supporters defied the ban and rallied outside the [...]

LA PAZ – The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, on Saturday declared Bolivian President Evo Morales as “World Hero of Mother Earth” in a ceremony at the presidential palace in this capital.

With a medal and a parchment scroll, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization named Morales “the [...]

The Organising Committee of the Latin America Solidarity Conference 2009 (Melbourne, Australia) and its supporting organisations strongly condemn the June 28 military coup against democratically elected President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya and the violent repression that has been unleashed against the Honduran people.
President Zelaya was kidnapped and forcibly taken to Costa Rica on the night [...]

Solidarity rally with Honduras Part 2-3
Solidarity rally with Honduras Part 3-3
Solidarity rally with the people of Honduras was held on July 4 in Melbourne. It was organised by the sponsoring organisations of the 2009 Latin America Solidarity Conference.
For more information please visit www.solidarityconference2009.org

July 4, 2009
President Zelaya spoke to the People of Honduras via Telesur in the early ours of Saturday morning July 4
Zelaya announced that he would arrive at the International airport in Tegucigalpa on Sunday.
Below are sections of his speech. Translated by Roberto Jorquera
“My life is in the hands of the people of Honduras. By force [...]