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Green Left Weekly issue #793, 6 May 2009
Nepal: ‘The changes don’t belong to a party, but to the poor’

I recently spent a week talking to people in Rolpa, an especially underdeveloped hilly district in Nepal’s mid-western region. » Pakistan: The latest victims of the ‘the war on terror’

On April 29, Prime Minster Kevin Rudd’s government announced the deployment of 450 extra soldiers to Afghanistan, bringing the Australian contingent to 1550. This is part of an overall increase in foreign troops taking part in the US-led occupation. » Castro to Obama: ‘Free Cuban political prisoners’

Responding to US president Barack Obama’s for Cuba to free so-called dissidents in Cuban jails, Cuban President Raul Castro said on April 16: “Why do they not release our five heroes, young heroic men who never inflicted any harm on the United States?” » South Africa: Zuma presidency: New era or business as usual?

The 2009 South African general election turned out to be a landmark event for the African National Congress (ANC). The party faced some of its stiffest competition and still came out tops, despite a dismal 15-year delivery record. » Venezuela combats crisis by fighting corruption, bureaucracy

Confronted by the global economic crisis and a sharp drop in oil prices, the Venezuelan government has launched an offensive against corruption as part of its austerity drive. » Swine fever: How corporate power threatens health

The hordes of US students on spring break returned from Cancun this year with an invisible but sinister souvenir. » Support demcracy, support the Nepalese people! Solidarity statement

Statement by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, May 5, 2009. www.dsp.org.au » Video on Nepal’s coup and the mass resistance

This is a video explaining the current situation in Nepal and providing a glimpse into the mass resistance on the streets to the elite’s "soft coup" to bring down the Maoist-led elected government » Peru: Amazonian indigenous people rise up

“Since April 9, an uprising has been occurring in the Peruvian countryside involving the Amazonian indigenous peoples from 1350 communities and a diversity of ethnicities”, said legendary peasant leader, Hugo Blanco in an important message. A translation of Blanco’s appeal for solidarity with... » Bolivia, Paraguay settle 74-year border dispute

“This is a historic day for Bolivia and Paraguay, a time of peace and friendship, of solidarity among peoples”, Bolivian president Evo Morales said on April 28. He had just received the Final Memory report, bringing to an official end a 74-year border dispute between the respective republics. » Ecuador: Correa says re-election ‘a vote for socialism’

Ecuador’s left-wing President Rafael Correa was re-elected on April 27 in the small Andean nation. » Ireland: Basque activist to fight extradition

Arturo Villanueva Arteaga, a 32-year-old Basque activist who has lived in west Belfast for four years, was arrested in a raid on April 21. » Israel: More attacks on internal dissent

Seven activists associated with Israeli anti-military recruitment groups New Profile and Target 21 have been arrested in the latest attack on internal dissent in Israel, Ha’aretz said on April 27. » Locals fight mining in Ecuador’s cloudforest

Many people still speak sincerely about the existence of “corporate responsibility”. While doing volunteer work in the Ecuadorian community of Junin, I got a different picture. » Mexico: Swine flu, health and profits

Streets that bustled only two weeks ago are eerily quiet. » Peru: Destructive Amazonian highway near completion

The nightmarish prospect of a scarred Amazonian jungle reeking of diesel fumes from end to end, as heavy-laden trucks thunder by in round-the-clock convoys, is fast becoming a reality. » Sri Lanka: Army steps up attack

The article below is abridged from Tamilnet. » Sri Lanka: Brutal slaughter of Tamil civilians

A largely defenceless people struggling to survive and hemmed in on a narrow strip of land, facing indiscriminate airstrikes, assault from gun boats and cluster bombs by a well-equipped army, conjures up the image of the recent Israeli invasion of Palestine’s Gaza Strip. » Venezuela: Peruvian relations strain, Palestinian relations increase

The same day that Venezuela announced the withdrawal of its ambassador from Peru, a Palestinian Authority (PA) embassy was inaugurated in Caracas as the two governments officially opened diplomatic relations. »


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