Fuente: Nuestro País 19 de diciembre, 2009 Aumenta molestia por intervención de Arias en la designación San José (elpais.cr) – Diversas organizaciones sindicales, ambientalistas, partidos políticos, comités patrióticos y jóvenes costarricenses se sumarán este domingo a una protesta, al mediodía, para rechazar la elección de Mosha (cc Ofelia) Taitelbaum, como jefa de la Defensoría de los Habitantes. La concentración, [...]

Source: Al Jazeera English December 10, 2009 In making Obama the third sitting US President to win the award, the Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Obama’s co-operative approach to global issues. But many critics say that Obama’s resume is too thin to stand scrutiny with other Nobel peace laureates. And for many Afghans, Obama’s strategy of even more troops does [...]

Source: ZNet Edited by A.G. Schwarz, Tasos Sagris, and Void Network by Many Authors December 07, 2009 In February 2010, AK Press will release a comprehensive book on the insurrection that occurred in Greece in December 2008 following the police assassination of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos, looking at its historical roots, its multiple forms and manifestations, and its continuing effects [...]

Fuente: Linksunten Indymedia por Colectivo “pequeñas hermanas” 6 de octubre, 2009 El pasado 6 de Octubre, dos años después del Fraude que decidió la aprobación del Tratado de Libre Comercio con EEUU, se realizó una Caminata Popular por la Dignidad en la Zona Sur de Costa Rica. Más de 150 activistas marcharon desde la entrada del Territorio de [...]

Source: Glenn Greenwald by Glenn Greenwald December 3, 2009 Ronald Reagan, May 20, 1988, transmitting the Convention Against Torture to the Senate for ratification: The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention. . . . Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent [...]

“Cada día en libertad es una victoria” Fuente: Punto Final Entrevista a Marcelo Catrillanca, dirigente mapuche clandestino por Pedro Cayuqueo 16 de octubre, 2009 Es uno de los líderes mapuches más buscado del país. Y el más escurridizo. Marcelo Osvaldo Catrillanca Queipul (39 años), padre de Camilo (14 años), Paulina (12 años) y Newen (6 años), acaba de cumplir siete [...]

Source: YES! Magazine Ten years later, the protests of 1999 are still having an impact. by Fran Korten December 1, 2009 Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade organization in Seattle make a difference? After all, the WTO still exists and continues its push for the corporate-driven free trade agenda that was on the table 10 years ago. [...]

Source: Herald Scotland by Anne Johnstone December 3, 2009 The Earth is flat. At least that used to be the universal view until about the fourth century BC. By medieval times, most Europeans accepted that it was spherical but old ideas die hard. So it was that just 40 years ago members of the International Flat Earth Society dismissed [...]

Source: Reuters by Sayed Salahuddin December 2, 2009 KABUL – Thirty thousand more U.S. troops for Afghanistan? Esmatullah only shrugged. “Even if they bring the whole of America, they won’t be able to stabilise Afghanistan,” said the young construction worker out on a Kabul street corner on Wednesday morning. “Only Afghans understand our traditions, geography and way of life.” U.S. [...]

Source: ZNet by Paul Street December 1, 2009 “Life isn’t simple,” says the voice of David Brancaccio in the advertisement for the United States’ “Public Broadcasting System’s” (PBS’) popular “Frontline” series. “Not in a democracy.” What democracy? Where? The United States? A democracy is based on the simple principle of majority rule, among other things. As of the latest Gallup poll [...]