International – Page 640

Navy still bombing Vieques

January 16, 2003

The U.S. Navy started another round of military maneuvers and bombing on the island municipality of Vieques, Jan. 13, even though they have officially announced they will leave Vieques by May 1, 2003 Before the new...

International notes

January 16, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

Britain: Train drivers refuse war cargo / Iraq: ‘Confidential’ UN document cites humanitarian crisis / Venezuela: Transport workers won’t strike / Haiti: Aristide urges release of loan funds / Canada: Kyoto Climate Protocol ratified / Italy:...

Sharon faces trouble; Supreme Court reverses racist decision

January 16, 2003

TEL AVIV – Remarkable developments abound as people prepare to go to the polls Jan. 28 to elect a new government and Prime Minister. Incumbent Prime Minister and warhawk Ariel Sharon continues to face major challenges...

Corporate militarism on the rise in Colombia

January 16, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

On December 31, 2002, Alfredo Porras Rueda was detained by the Colombian government. In a televised statement hours later, General Jairo Duvan Pineda, commander of the Fifth Division of the Colombian Army, accused Rueda of being...

Of Lungos & Seoritos: A Colombian view of Venezuela

January 16, 2003

At the petroleum refinery of Barrancabermeja the workers who are consigned to hard manual labor are called “lungos.” There are a lot of them and they earn very little. They are almost all temporary laborers and...