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By Gregory Wilpert April 15th It looks like Venezuela is not just another banana-oil republic after all. Many here feared that with the April 11 coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela was being degraded to being just another country that is forced to bend to the powerful will of the United States. The successfulContinue reading “Venezuela resisting!”

Health Implications of the Detoriorating Situation reported by Palestine Emergency Committee Jerusalem 1:39pm Thu Apr 11 ’02 link to jerusalem.indymedia “We are getting reports of pure horror. In the name of human decency the Israeli military must allow our ambulances safe passage to help evacuate the wounded and deliver emergency supplies of medicines and food.”Continue reading “Health Implications of the israeli invasion 12 April 2002”

Over the last couple of days, four new objectors have been imprisoned for their refusal to serve in the Israeli army altogether or specifically in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Three other objectors were released from prison at the end of last week. All in all, the number of objectors that we know of, currently held in Israel’sContinue reading “Objectors imprisoned in Israel”

by Michelle Kelly (a nurse who has worked recently in Kandahar) and Morten Rostrup (international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders) office@london.msf.org Published on Thursday, January 31, 2002 in the Guardian of London We were driving into Kandahar town after a medical assessment in Daman, a neighboring village where there were numerous cluster bombsContinue reading “Coalition Soldiers in Afghanistan are Endangering Aid Workers”

On January 11th, Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso signed the new anti-drug law, that will become the most advanced law of its kind in Latin America, because, among other things, it makes a clear distinction between a drug trafficker and an addict. Read more at Brazil new law At the same time, Bolivia, trapped between theContinue reading “Drug Policy in Latin America”

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Denmark’s newly elected Liberal-Conservative Government is planning to cut back Danish Overseas Development Aid by 10 percent. This is equal to approx. USD 200 million a year – or a reduction from 1.0 to 0.90 percent of GNP. Furthermore, it is likely that the additional funds for the follow-up of theContinue reading “Danish Overseas Aid cut by 10 percent – Recortes de 10 per ciento de l’ asistencia Danesa”

From January 31 to February 4, heads of top transnational corporations and international political leaders will meet at the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) in New York City. In dedicated and informed opposition, the Second Annual World Social Forum WSF is underway from January 31 to Febrary 5, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Here, representatives from internationalContinue reading “Second Annual World Social Forum, Porto Alegre”

Dr. Barghouthi’s Arrest, and the Israeli Military’s Brutal Treatment of Dr.Barghouthi and European Delegates Dr.Barghouthi is the president of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC), which won the WHO World Health Award 2001 source: PHA, updated by Pam Zimkin 5 January 2002 The arrest of Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi – a physician and humanContinue reading “Dr. Barghouthi’s Arrest by Israeli Army (5th January 2002)”