Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
The Pentagon signed $444 million in non-fuel contracts for purchases and services in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 2012 fiscal year, an overall decrease of nearly 15% from the previous year.
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Red flags were combined with the indigenous multicolour flag, standards with the face of Che mixed with placards against mega mining.
Ecuador: A Revolutionary March Versus a Counter-Revolutionary March Read More »
Peoples Agreement World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth April 22nd, Cochabamba, Bolivia PEOPLES AGREEMENT Today, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger. If global warming increases by more than 2 degrees Celsius, a situation that the “Copenhagen Accord” could lead to, there is a
Peoples Agreement from World People’s Conference on Climate Change Read More »
“The common idiomatic expression ¨si o no?¨ has taken on a whole new and highly loaded meaning as Ecuador´s national Referendum and Consulta Popular draws near,”
Correa Seeks Tighter Control of Press & Courts in Ecuador Vote Read More »
In the document addressed to the U.S. Department of State, Hodges said embassy officials believed Correa was aware of supposed corrupt practices by former national police chief Jaime Hurtado, but that the president named him to the post anyway because it would make him more easily manipulated.
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The three are charged over events that took place on 30 September 2009, when confrontations between demonstrators protesting against a new water law and the national police ended with the death of a Shuar Professor Bosco Wismua, who suffered a fatal blow to the head.
Ecuador Court Frees 3 Indigenous Leaders Jailed on Terrorism Charge Read More »
According to the plaintiffs, the environmental contamination left by the company in a span of 26 years is ten times worse than the Gulf of Mexico spill.
Ecuadorian Court Rules Against Chevron in Historic Case Read More »
Researchers calculate that millions of trees died in 2010, which means the Amazon is soaking up much less CO2 from the atmosphere, and those dead trees will now release all the carbon they’ve accumulated over 300 or more years.
Amazon Drought Accelerating Climate Change Read More »
A government decree issued this week ends the “pseudo-sovereignty” of Ecuador’s national police and places the force under civilian control, Interior Minister Alfredo Vera said Wednesday.
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