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Just released letter to Clinton from 27 Congresspeople

Fri, 06/25/2010 - 1:07pm by toml

Hot off the presses, there's a new letter just out to Sec. of State Hillary Clinton on human rights violations in Honduras. It comes from 27 US congressmen who, contrary to the Secretary's statements in Lima earlier this month, maintain that "political violence continues to wrack Honduras" one year after the June 28, 2009 coup. According to the legislators, they write to:

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Clinton Urges OAS to Forget Coup, Readmit Honduras

Wed, 06/09/2010 - 3:04pm by toml

Story From Upsidedown World by Rosemary A. Joyce and Russell N. Septak

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking at the Organization of American States (OAS) annual meeting in Lima, Peru on Monday urged countries in the hemisphere to readmit Honduras into the regional organization. The OAS suspended Honduras after the military coup which overthrew President Manuel Zelaya last June.

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Summary of Central Points from the People's Climate Change Summit

Mon, 05/10/2010 - 11:45am by toml

The World People’s Climate Change Summit Agreement

Summary of Central Points May 2010

Foreign Ministry of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

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Bolivian President Evo Morales to Deliver Results of People’s Conference on Climate Change to UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon

Fri, 05/07/2010 - 12:22pm by toml

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 6, 2010

CONTACT: MEGAN MORRISSEY – 202-365-6900 INGRID SABJA – 973-738-2301

New York – On Friday, May 7th, President Evo Morales of Bolivia will personally present UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with the conclusions of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of the Mother Earth, which was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia from April 20th to 22nd, 2010.

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USAID Cooperation could be suspended

Thu, 04/29/2010 - 12:33pm by toml

Today, U.S. Ambassador in Nicaragua, Robert Callahan asked the government of Nicaragua to provide an accounting of aid received from Venezuela and how it is spent. He warned that the United States may suspend aid over this issue

…Speaking to the press, the diplomat stated that in addition to the Waiver related to property issues, there is another Waiver required to receive aid that is related to budget transparency based on a law approved by the U.S. Congress, although he did not specify the law he referred to…

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Combating climate change: lessons from the world’s indigenous peoples

Wed, 04/28/2010 - 11:22am by toml

Bolivia’s president says developing nations must not be shut out of international negotiations for combating the greatest environmental issue of our time.

April 23, 2010|Evo Morales Opinion published in the LA Times

When I arrived at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen in late last year, the first thing that struck me were environmental activists braving the freezing weather to voice their disappointment at being locked

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Honduran Resistance begins Referendum to convene a Constituent Assembly

Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:12pm by jennya

Thousands of Hondurans were mobilized throughout the country to start the process of collecting signatures, which will end on June 28, the first anniversary of the military coup. The aim is to show the current government and the powers who staged the coup, that the people demand the reestablishment of Honduras through a new constitution. After the mobilization, they denounced the kidnapping of a well-known activist of the Resistance.

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World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 12:33pm by toml

PEOPLES AGREEMENT

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Closing of the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 11:39am by toml

PLANET OR DEATH, PACHAMAMA OR DEATH

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Letter of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 11:03am by toml

21 april 2010

Movements, networks and social organizations gathered at the Assembly of Social Movements held in Cochabamba, in the framework of the World People's Conference on Climate Change, 
welcome the initiative of President Evo Morales Ayma and respond to the global call to confront the commodification and privatization of common goods and the climate change debate itself.

We consider that the issue of climate change is important along with other manifestations of the global systemic crisis.

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