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Dissident says Cuba pushing him to emigrate
By: Latin American Herald Tribune, March 5, 2009
Cuban dissident Hector Palacios on Wednesday said the government has refused to grant him permission to travel to Spain, where he had received medical treatment until last year, unless he agrees in writing not to return to the communist-ruled island.
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Unions suspend 44-day-old strike in Guadeloupe
By: Andre-Jean Vidal, Miami Herald, March 4, 2009
Union leaders on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe agreed late Wednesday to suspend a 44-day-old general strike as most of their demands continue to be met. The LKP collective warned it would resume the strike if government officials and business owners renege on their promises, which include lowering gasoline prices and raising some workers' pay by 200 euros ($252) a month.
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Another Cuban journalist in trouble with the dictatorship
By: Uncommon Sense, March 4, 2009
You probably take for granted the ability to travel, say from Florida to Texas, or New York City to L.A. It's one of our fundamental rights, limited only by our ability to pay or maybe, the weather. In Cuba, it's a lot more complicated, as the Castro dictatorship limits freedom of movement as a way to keep an eye on Cubans, especially those who dare oppose the regime.
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New Miami Herald section for Cuba's critical voices
By: Miami Herald, March 2, 2009
Starting Monday, March 2, The Miami Herald's online Cuba page will display a special Dissident Voices section that will contain reports from non-government sources on the island. The reports will cover a broad range of developments in Cuba, from cultural events to detentions of dissidents to high food prices, housing collapses and street crime.
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US: Climate change conference rocks DC
By: Michael Beer, Nonviolent Action Network, March 2, 2009
11,000+ students and youth are in Washington DC for a massive convention on clean energy and climate change. Called Powershift, it is sponsored by a broad range of environmental and youth organizations, called Energy Action. The politics of the conference are progressive and at times radical in many respects. Climate Justice which focuses on the needs of the poor, minorities, and the global south is front and center.
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US: Protesters want to close Capital Hill's power station
By: Alan Harten, Fair Home, March 2, 2009
The US Congress gets its electricity from its own coal-fired power station. The Capitol Hill facility, which stands in front of the dome, was built almost a century ago to give Congress an autonomous supply of power, but is now used only for air conditioning and heating. The plant is viewed as confirmation that a strong coal industry has been able to influence Congress the way it wants.
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Mexico: The "Movement of Movements" in Oaxaca hosts "Organizers of Organizers"
By: Nancy Davies, Narco News, March 2, 2009
On the chilly Sunday evening of March 1 I learned that the mother of all marches is being promoted by three men traveling the world to organize organizers. Before coming to Oaxaca the group, called Gandhi International, spent four days in Chiapas, stopping in the Zapatista towns of Oventic, San Cristobal de Las Casas and Acteal. Prior to their Mexico visit (next stop Mexico City), they met with organizers in Latin America, contacting the poor and landless in Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama.
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Take action: Community activists in Chiapas, Mexico face harassment and intimidation
By: Don Durrito de la Lacandona, Indybay, March 2, 2009
Human rights and community leaders in Mexico continue to experience threats - including death threats. They ask for help from global activists to protect their lives and their community work. Current threats follow previous repression, including the unjust prosecution of local organizers of the Civil Resistance against the high cost of energy in the southern state of Campeche. Last December, in response to an emergency action, letters of solidarity with Sara Lopez and Joaquin Aguilar brought authorities in Campeche to the negotiating table.
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Chile: Government unleashes anti-terror law on Mapuche activist
By: Pamela Sepúlveda, IPS, February 23, 2009
"They burst in aiming machine guns at us. They found him in the hallway, they grabbed him by the hair, they threw him on the floor and they beat him up," Ida Huenulef told IPS, describing the arrest of her son Miguel, the first indigenous Mapuche activist to be charged under the Anti-Terrorist Law by the government of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
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