Boliviaβs vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera brought a message of hope and anti-imperialist commitment to Mexico in early February.
Speaking to an overflowing assembly of students and university personnel at Mexico Cityβs UNAM (National Autonomous University), he said the left-wing government led by President Evo Morales welcomes social-movement protests and conflict. The more, the better.
βThe struggle is our nourishment, our peace,β Garcia Linera said. βIt does not overwhelm us. Absolute calm frightens us.
Felipe Stuart Cournoyer
In a fit of petulant anger, the US government lashed out on January 25 against the outcome of Nicaraguaβs recent presidential election. The leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) Daniel Ortega was easily re-elected president and the FSLN won a majority in the National Assembly.
On January 27, new puppets will take centre stage in the puppetry act in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. βPresidentβ Pepe Lobo (βelectedβ in a fraudulent poll on November 27 in which most Hondurans refused to vote) will accept the strings of attachment to the invisible power that continues to rule Honduras.On January 27, new puppets will take centre stage in the puppetry act in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. "President" Pepe Lobo ("elected" in a fraudulent poll on November 27 in which most Hondurans refused to vote) will accept the strings of attachment to the invisible power that continues to rule Honduras.
The people of Honduras have now suffered more than 40 days of military rule. The generalsβ June 28 coup ousted the countryβs elected government and unleashed severe, targeted, and relentless repression.
Three weeks after the June 28 military coup that expelled Honduran President Manuel βMelβ Zelaya, the Central American country remains shaken by a profound and dynamic popular upsurge demanding Zelayaβs return and the restoration of democracy.