Theyve been trying to solve problems by using only money, but not to solve the political problems through political means, that theyve failed, Fretilin leader Mari Alkatiri, told Radio Australia on October 26.
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Some parties in Malaysias ruling National Front (BN) government are trying to intimidate opposition parties and social activists, Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) secretary general S.Arutchelvan told Green Left Weekly, a few days after the PSMs sole federal MP, Dr D. Jeyakumar, had his car torched by thugs on October 17.
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Talk of assassination plots and rising concerns about a high abstention rate have marked the beginning of the November 23 regional elections race.
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For the social movements and the Bolivian people, the approval of the new constitution is key to reversing the centuries of discrimination, Julio Salazar, executive secretary of the Six Federations of Coca Growers from the Tropics of Cochabamba, told Green Left Weekly.
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After three months of intense class struggle, there can be no doubt that the US-backed right-wing opposition to the government of President Evo Morales has suffered three important defeats.
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Theyre not happy, these bankers whove been forced to resign, are they?
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Its not only South America that is changing, but also Central America, Margarita Lopez, a deputy in the El Salvadorian National Assembly and political commission member of the left-wing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), told Green Left Weekly.
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More than 380 delegates participated at the sixth congress of the General Union of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (-Western Sahara) Workers (UGTSARIO) in the Western Saharan refugee camp of El Aaiun in south-west Algeria from October 19-21.
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Faced with the complete collapse of its financial system, the Icelandic government has accepted a US$6 billion bailout package, which would include more than $1 billion input from the International Monetary Fund.
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Thousands of indigenous Colombians are marching along the Pan American Highway — which connects the south-west of the country to the centre — to protest militarisation of their lands by government and paramilitary forces, as well as the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
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If youve read what the mainstream media has had to say about Bhutan in the last year then you would probably have a strong impression of Bhutan and its government: a monarchy that has given up its power and embraced democracy.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain has let the dogs loose. Apparently, he’s decided that if winning the White House means whipping up the right wing into a racist frenzy, he’ll lead the charge.