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• CHILE - Declaración publica: Los secundarios tienen la razón

  6 de noviembre de 2006, puesto en línea por John Malone

  Santiago 28 de octubre de 2006.
  Los secundarios, sobre todo en la Región Metropolitana, han reiniciado sus movilizaciones en base a los mismos planteamientos que expresaron en Mayo de este año. El periodo escolar se acaba, el gobierno no ha respetado los plazos, la Comisión Asesora de Educación no llega a acuerdo sobre temas tan básicos como que la educación no puede estar supeditada al lucro, y por lo tanto ven que el problema no hallará soluciones de fondo.
  El gobierno y la derecha (…)

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  LIVRE - L’Amérique latine en mouvement : Situations et enjeux, d’Alain Durand et Nicolas Pinet [éd.]

  3 novembre 2006, mis en ligne par Dial, Nicolas Pinet

  – L’Harmattan, 2006 collection Horizons Amériques latines ISBN : 2-296-00848-8 228 p., 19 €.
  Quatrième de couverture
  Ce livre propose d’abord de faire le point sur la situation actuelle de l’Amérique latine, au niveau régional puis pays par pays. À la perspective chronologique, il associe ensuite une approche thématique, présentant une série de documents originaux provenant d’Amérique latine. Ces documents offrent des analyses plus détaillées sur quelques-uns des enjeux majeurs de (…)

• US - Vote Suppression in 2006: Rule Changes Threaten to Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Eligible Voters

  Wendy Weiser & Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

  3 November 2006, posted by John Malone

  Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 - Democracy Now! News Program - It is not just electronic voting machines that are raising concern. Experts say that new computerized voter lists and new rules regarding voter registration and ID requirements have the potential to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters. The Brennan Center for Justice has a new report detailing the ways in which the vote could be suppressed in several states next week. In an Op-Ed published in the New York Times on (…)

• US - Will a Shocking New GOP Court Victory and Karl Rove’s Attack on Ohio in 2006 Doom the Democrats Nationwide?

  Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman, Bev Harris, Wendy Weiser & Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

  3 November 2006, posted by John Malone

  Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 - Democracy Now! News Program - On Sunday in Ohio, a judge put on hold a decision that suspended the state’s new voter identification law. Our next two guests write that this law imposes a series of draconian requirements for voter ID, including the demand for certain documents. These documents are more difficult to obtain by the poor, homeless and elderly - all constituents who tend to vote Democratic.
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman are with us now from (…)

• US - "Hacking Democracy": New Documentary Exposes Vulnerability of Electronic Voting Machines

  Bev Harris & Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

  3 November 2006, posted by John Malone

  Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 - Democracy Now! News Program - There is a week to go before millions of voters cast their vote in the mid- term elections. Many are calling this the most high-stakes election in recent years with the possibility of a Democratic takeover of Congress. But since the contested Presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, more people have been raising concern about the integrity of our voting system. Today, we spend the hour looking at the state of voting in this country. (…)

• MEXICO - How Many Deaths is the Oaxaca Governor Worth?

  Diego Cevallos, IPS

  3 November 2006, posted by Manuela Garza Ascencio

  IPS - The governor of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca is clinging to his post, bringing the months-long local conflict to boiling point. More than 15 people are dead, 5,000 police are unsuccessfully trying to quell the social protest, and there political rancour simmers nationwide.
  The main demand of those involved in the popular uprising in Oaxaca — which began in May, flared up in June and is now at its worst — is the departure of Governor Ulises Ruiz, member of the (…)

• MEXICO - Enfrentamientos entre estudiantes y policías de Oaxaca deja saldo de 32 heridos

  TeleSur

  2 de noviembre de 2006, puesto en línea por Dial

  02/11/06 - TeleSUR - Al menos 21 personas resultaron heridas durante varios enfrentamientos registrados este jueves entre funcionarios de la policía antimotines y jóvenes estudiantes de Oaxaca, quienes sostenía varias barricadas alrededor de la Universidad Benito Juárez.
  Alrededor de mil funcionarios de la Policía Federal Preventiva (PFP) de Oaxaca se desplazaron la mañana de este jueves a los alrededores de la Universidad Benito Juárez para desmantelar las barricadas colocadas en las (…)

• VENEZUELA - Une révolution sans modèle (par Paul Priou)

  1er novembre 2006, mis en ligne par Dial

  Lors de son voyage annuel en France, où il retrouve sa famille et ses amis, le Père Paul Priou nous a parlé de ce Venezuela où, avec la JOC , il prend part depuis trente-sept ans aux aspirations et aux luttes du peuple. « Ce que nous rêvions de faire est en train de s’accomplir », dit Pablo. « Jamais nous n’aurions pensé voir cela de notre vivant. » Des élections doivent se tenir le trois décembre prochain au Venezuela. Pouvez-vous faire le point ? Rappelons qu’aux élections législatives de (…)

• MEXICO - Tense and Only Relative Calm after Police Crackdown

  Diego Cevallos, IPS

  1 November 2006, posted by Dial

  MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 - IPS - The Mexican government justified on Monday the violent storming by federal police of social protests in the capital of the southern state of Oaxaca, saying it had restored peace and order. But the evidence tells a different story.
  "The situation has got worse. We have been subjected to violent and unacceptable attacks (on Sunday) which left three dead, more than 50 under arrest, several ’disappeared’ and some cases of torture," Florentino López, spokesman for (…)

• REVISTA - Publicación del numero de noviembre de Northern Latino, periodico comunitario basado en Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada)

  1ro de noviembre de 2006, puesto en línea por Daniel Rechstein