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Central American bank freezes Honduras loans
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Central America's development bank says it is freezing credits to Honduras following the June 28 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.Local media say the decision could affect infrastructure projects like planned highways in the impoverished Central American nation.The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said in a statement Wednesday that the freeze is provisional, while the banks' governors weigh whether to suspend financing.The bank has provided about $971 million in financing f...
International protesters remove Israeli installed barriers in Palestine
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Direct action of "combatant for peace" and peace organizations in solidarity with the Palestinians against restrictions of the villages in the village Shopa next to Tulkarem.
Wikileaks protests in Spain over Julian Assange arrest
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Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offences. Hundreds of people gathered outside the British embassy in Madrid calling for him to be freed. Wikileaks is publishing insights from hundreds of thousands of sensitive US diplomatic and military documents. The demonstrators believe Mr Assange's detention is politically motivated. The whistle-blowing website has angered an...
Honduras crisis highlights fragile balance in Latin American democracy
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The crisis in Honduras highlights the need to pay more attention to fragile and weak democracies before they present more serious challenges, says the European Partnership for Democracy. The international community’s strategy “entails clear risks both for democracy in Honduras and more generally for the regional political and institutional equilibrium,” writes the EPD’s Carlos Hernandez Ferreiro in a new report.A manifestation of deeper political trends in the region, the crisis illustrates how ...
Protest in Toronto, 11 April 2009
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Moldavians gathered together on 11 April 2009 in Toronto to protest against communist dictatorship in Moldova and all the violence that is happening in Moldova right now!!!
Politicians call for media freedom before
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New Delhi (Mizzima) – Politicians preparing to contest the 2010 general elections have called for freedom of the media before Burma goes to the polls.“We are not permitted to publicize our activities in the domestic media even as the 2010 election is drawing close. Now it’s too late to present our views to the people,” Democratic Party Chairman Thu Wei told Mizzima. Similarly the United Democratic Front Chairman Shwe Ohn said that the role of the media was badly needed as the parties’ stand and ...
Iran protesters face second hearing
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About 100 people charged over the violence that followed the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmdinejad, the Iranian president, are facing a second court hearing in Tehran. The suspects, including several prominent political figures, were appearing before the revolutionary court on Saturday to face allegations that they attacked security forces and destroyed property, among other charges.
Honduran president exiled to Costa Rica - 28 June 09
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Troops in Honduras have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution.After arriving in Costa Rica, deposed President Manuel Zelaya said he had been kidnapped by soldiers in a "coup". Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in 2006, had wanted a vote to extend his time in office.
Nonviolent Resistance Works
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Otpor was formed on October 10, 1998 in response to repressive university and media laws introduced earlier that year. In the beginning, Otpor's activities were limited to University of Belgrade.In the aftermath of the NATO airstrikes against FR Yugoslavia in 1999 regarding the Kosovo War, Otpor began a political campaign against the Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević. This resulted in nationwide police repression against Otpor activists, during which nearly 2000 were arrested, some b...
Mugabe denies blame for Zimbabwe woes
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in a rare interview Thursday, depicted himself as an African hero battling imperialism and foreign attempts to oust him rather than the widespread perception of a dictator clinging to power at the expense of the welfare of his people and country. The 85-year-old Mugabe, the only leader of Zimbabwe since it became independent from Britain in 1980, rejected repeated assertions by CNN's Christiane Amanpour that his policies have driven the nation ...