Working on this new server in php7...
imc indymedia

Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

white themeblack themered themetheme help
About Us Contact Us Calendar Publish RSS
Features
• latest news
• best of news
• syndication
• commentary


KILLRADIO

VozMob

ABCF LA

A-Infos Radio

Indymedia On Air

Dope-X-Resistance-LA List

LAAMN List




IMC Network:

Original Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: ambazonia canarias estrecho / madiaq kenya nigeria south africa canada: hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg east asia: burma jakarta japan korea manila qc europe: abruzzo alacant andorra antwerpen armenia athens austria barcelona belarus belgium belgrade bristol brussels bulgaria calabria croatia cyprus emilia-romagna estrecho / madiaq euskal herria galiza germany grenoble hungary ireland istanbul italy la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia london madrid malta marseille nantes napoli netherlands nice northern england norway oost-vlaanderen paris/ÃŽle-de-france patras piemonte poland portugal roma romania russia saint-petersburg scotland sverige switzerland thessaloniki torun toscana toulouse ukraine united kingdom valencia latin america: argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur cmi brasil colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela venezuela oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne perth qc sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston buffalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus dc hawaii houston hudson mohawk kansas city la madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley saint louis san diego san francisco san francisco bay area santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester west asia: armenia beirut israel palestine process: fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: print radio satellite tv video regions: oceania united states topics: biotech

Surviving Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: canada: quebec east asia: japan europe: athens barcelona belgium bristol brussels cyprus germany grenoble ireland istanbul lille linksunten nantes netherlands norway portugal united kingdom latin america: argentina cmi brasil rosario oceania: aotearoa united states: austin big muddy binghamton boston chicago columbus la michigan nyc portland rochester saint louis san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca tennessee urbana-champaign worcester west asia: palestine process: fbi/legal updates process & imc docs projects: radio satellite tv
production:   archives by date | single feature archives | weekly archives


Promises Bring More of the Same
On Oct. 19, a prominent Mexican human rights attorney was found shot to death in her office in Mexico City.

Digna Ochoa y Placido , winner of Amnesty International's Enduring Spirit Award, was widely recognized for defending two jailed peasant farmers, Rodolfo Montiel and Teodoro Cabrera, who protested logging by local political bosses and were imprisoned in May 1999 on questionable gun and drug charges . However, the Mexico City daily La Jornada on 11/8 reported that they may actually be released "in a matter of hours." Their release was later confirmed Friday in the NY Times.

Among organizations that signed a letter of condemnation , with demands for an investigation, included Amnesty International , Global Exchange , the Fray Francisco de Vitoria Human Rights Center, the Social Communication Center (Cencos) , and Christians for the Abolition of Torture .

Communiqué on the Assassination by Subcomandante Marcos.

In Nicaragua's presidental election , the US's favoured candidate, Enrique Bolanos of the ruling Liberal party, defeated the Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, who came to power in the 1979 revolution and led throughout the 1980s. The Sandinistas are named after Augusto Cesar Sandino , a Nicaraguan who led a guerilla war from 1927-33 against invading US Marines.

The US waged a decade long war against the Sandinistas by backing the Contra rebels, killing 50,000 people and destroying the economy. Nicaragua is still among the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Now similarly with Plan Colombia , the US confirmed it's going to expand its war on terrorism and provide Colombia with further aid to fight guerrillas that are on America's terrorist list.

Yesterday Carlos Geovanny Blanco Leguzamo was shot dead during an anti-war protest in Bogota . Police deny responsibility for the shooting but witnesses confirm the shot came from behind police lines. Police remained on campus the whole afternoon and by nightfall students were camping in the university and preparing protests for Thursday. Update 11/9: two more students killed .

http://www.indymedia.org/images/bogo_279-alta.jpg More information:

[ The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) | Schools for Chiapas | AMERICAS.ORG | Narco News | Year 501 by Noam Chomsky | Eduardo Galeano | A Zapatista Reading List from The Nation | En Español: IMC-Chiapas | IMC-Colombia | EZLN | La Jornada | PROCESO | Revista Cambio ]




Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+
© 2000-2018 Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Running sf-active v0.9.4 Disclaimer | Privacy