News from Bolivia, and elsewhere.
Posted in UJC, chavez, new constitution, peru, round-up, war on drugs, washington on Jun 30th, 2009
There’s been a coup in Honduras, with the military spiriting away Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, in pajamas, in the early morning hours on Sunday. At issue is a referendum scheduled for yesterday that would begin a long process to amend the Honduran constitution so that Zelaya could be re-elected. Although the referendum was non-binding, several [...]
Posted in chavez, iran, revolution, venezuela on Jun 25th, 2009
As events unwind in Iran, it’s becoming increasingly clear that what was once a popular revolutionary (albeit theocratic) movement has devolved into rule by a clique of thugs. I have no opinion about who should inherit the presidency of that country–both Ahmadinejad and Mousavi have their negatives, with Mousavi slightly more tolerable. But I have [...]
Posted in peru on Jun 18th, 2009
From the Bolivian magazine La Época (translation mine):
The indigenous farmer movement in Peru seems to have succeeded in gaining the protection of natural resources with the imminent repeal of the decrees of last June 5. A bill will be introduced by the executive to congress for that purpose, although sectors of the right protest that [...]
Posted in peru on Jun 17th, 2009
Peru’s P.M., Yehude Simon, (due to step down because of this debacle) is recommending that executive decree LD 1090–which accommodates the of sell-off indigenous lands–be repealed. Good, of course. But too bad so many people had to die.
Posted in peru on Jun 17th, 2009
The Americas Program has a special report on the causes of the conflict in northern Peru. If you’re wondering what the free-trade agreement (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Act) has to do with indigenous protesters in the Amazonian jungle, it’s worth a read. But if you’re too busy, here’s the crib notes:
On December 8, 2005, then–Peruvian president [...]
IKN has the depressing news of the arrest of Carlos Rivera in Peru under the Orwellian charge of “false use of a public document.” Rivera was detained at the Lima airport Sunday, after entering Peru to assist in the investigation of human-rights abuses during Peruvian president Alan García’s first term in the 80’s (which, ironically, [...]
Posted in peru on Jun 11th, 2009
The violence seems to have abated in northern Peru, but the police are reportedly trying to intimidate journalists into not reporting what actually happened. Shameful, Prez Twobreakfasts, shameful.
Alberto Pizango, the indigenous leader wanted by Peruvian authorities, is seeking asylum at the Nicaraguan embassy in Lima (not in Bolivia, as previously posted).
There have been protests against [...]
Posted in peru on Jun 10th, 2009
Posted in peru on Jun 9th, 2009
Fernando Rospigliosi:
“The carnage of the last few days has no comparison and will, without doubt, mark the second government of Alan García the way that the prison massacres were a reference point of his first government (…)”.
Via IKN.
Posted in peru on Jun 9th, 2009
Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango, whom the Peruvian government is trying to scapegoat for the recent violence in the north of Peru, is reportedly hiding out in Bolivia. What are the chances of Bolivian authorities cooperating in capturing Pizango? Absolutely nil. Remember that Peruvian president “Twobreakfasts” García recently granted asylum to three ministers in the [...]
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