Another human rights organisation has become the target of official suspicion in Colombia, apparently after criticising the regime:
More slime thrown at human rights NGOs (Plan Colombia and Beyond)
Also:
Paramilitaries, Human Rights, and the Trade Agreement: Questions for Colombia's President Uribe (WOLA)
A point which should be obvious but which, in Latin America, needs making again and again: the armed forces should stay out of politics:
The Salvadoran Armed Forces and the elections (Tim's El Salvador Blog)
Salvador Allende has been voted the greatest Chilean of all time in a popular television programme:
Salvador Allende - Greatest Chilean, by Popular Acclaim (IPS)
And finally, The Mex Files recalls the earthquake of September 19, 1985:
Shaken... and stirred: 19 September 1985
Saturday 20 September 2008
Blog and News Round-up
Labels:
anniversaries,
Chile,
Colombia,
El Salvador,
heros/heroines,
human rights,
Mexico
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