BIF: Cancun outcome, the gasolinazo, indigenous justice and Cossio in Paraguay
* Bolivia Information Forum (BIF): news briefing December 2010 to January 2011 * Cancun outcome, the gasolinazo, indigenous justice and Cossio in Paraguay 1. Bolivia stands alone at Cancún During the December UN climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico, Bolivia was the only country not to sign up to the final agreement. Evo Morales described [...]
Morocco: A Revolution of Fluff
Moroccans have grown impervious to their leadership’s dictatorial hubris. They have come to realize that the internet is an intractable shield that has stripped our Machiavellian leaders off of their protective invisibility cloak and rendered their political dogmatism impotent. They and their minions can no longer project a perverted reality. Their license to arrest, torture, [...]
Agents provocateurs at Boer meetings
Mr Paul Kruger, convenor of the first Boer People’s Leadership Council (‘Volksraad’) in 113 years — had his nose broken by an agent-provocateur who was identified as one Willem Boshof. The fracas occurred at a Thursday-evening meeting at the Paardekraal monument. This incident is very reminiscent of the vicious fear-and-intimidation tactics always used by the [...]
Human Rights in the Rear View Mirror: Colombian Commandos Training Mexican Military and Police
In another misstep of the historic failure of Plan Colombia and the US supported War on Drugs, Colombia is training thousands of Mexican soldiers, police and court officials in an effort to boost Mexico’s fight against drug cartels. Trainings have mostly taken place in Mexico, but now Mexican troops and police are traveling to Colombia [...]
The Hunger Trigger
As the din of revolution overwhelmed the Arab streets and thousands of defiant young Arabs, whose visceral anger like scalding lava has been bubbling just below the surface for years and now suddenly bursts into violent demonstrations over their governments’ inability to provide the basic necessities of life forcing Tunisia’s Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali [...]
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