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Bolivia: Evo caught between opposing hardliners
There is a distinct and unseemly tone of gloating here, but this article does point to Evo Morales' unenviable dilemma: already being accused of treason by hardliners to his left, while the right-wing opposition openly salivates for his assassination. Simon Romero writes for the New York Times, Sept. 26 (emphasis added):
Colombian women go on sex strike
La huelga de piernas cruzadas. Long overdue. Maybe it will catch on globally. From the London Times, Sept. 24:
A SEX strike organised by the girlfriends of gang members in one of Colombia’s most violent cities to protest against a wave of murders has been hailed as a success by the local security chief.
Lopez Obrador's followers target Wal-Mart
Having abandoned their encampments in Mexico City's main plaza, followers of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador held protests at 22 Wal-Mart outlets around the capital, accusing the company of "system violation of labor rights," and "an open campaign in favor of Felipe Calderon." Protesters charged that Wal-Mart employees had been ordered to vote for Calderon on threat of being fired. (La Jornada, Sept. 25, via Chiapas95)
Gunfire in Oaxaca City
From El Universal, Sept. 25, via Chiapas95:
A group of gunmen exchanged fire with protesters outside Oaxaca's Camino Real hotel on Sunday, injuring two and forcing dozens of guests, residents and journalists to run for cover.
Gore stumps with "World War 4" architect Woolsey
Perhaps some of you noticed Bill Clinton's $15,000-a-head confab at a Midtown Manhattan Sheraton hotel last week to raise funds and awareness to tackle global poverty and climate change. Hillary, Colin Powell and even Laura Bush were all on hand. (NYT, Sept. 23) We can't help but feel that this elite exploitation does more harm than good. Sarah Ferguson wrote for the Village Voice Sept. 18 that Clinton's ex-veep Al Gore is also on the stump to promote supposed green solutions—with none other than ex-CIA chief James Woolsey:
Armitage threatened Pakistan blitzkrieg
After Richard Armitage was named as the source in the Valerie Plame leak, there was a paroxysm of unseemly crowing from the right-wing pundits, who predicted that Plame would not now sue Armitage because he is such a handsome, straight-shooting unimpeachable kinda guy. Well, now it turns out that Plame is suing Armitage. And, better yet, this comes to light. From BBC, Sept. 22:
The US threatened to bomb Pakistan "back to the stone age" unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, President Pervez Musharraf has said.
US pledges nuclear aid to Egypt
The irony is certainly not lost on Iran. From Business in Africa, Sept. 22:
Cairo - The United States ambassador to Egypt, Francis Ricciardone, said his country has no problem with an Egyptian nuclear programme and was ready to supply nuclear technology to help.
Iraq: autonomy on hold
From the LA Times, Sept. 25:
BAGHDAD - Iraq's sectarian leaders stepped back from a simmering constitutional crisis yesterday, agreeing to wait at least 18 months before setting up autonomous regions that would shift power away from the central government.
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