[Onthebarricades] Fw: On the Barricades - Central America and the Caribbean

Mon Nov 21 21:18:46 PST 2005

CHIAPAS:  Zapatistas go on alert

http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=113783

Massive Mayday march

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m10.shtml

Zapatista municipalities stand up to eviction threat

http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3?article_id=115995

MEXICO: Tens of thousands protest in support of leftist accused of corruption

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=649378&page=2

http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/625/625p19b.htm

Church-organised march against neoliberal politicians

http://216.239.39.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%7Cen&u=http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/display.php3%3Farticle_id%3D112431&prev=/language_tools

Peasant protesters under attack after forest contracts cancelled

http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/072505EC.shtml

Mass protest secures end to political prosecution of mayor

http://www.counterpunch.org/selfa05072005.html

Social security workers protest agency management

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/wkrs-j27.shtml

Sugar growers protest president's veto of support bill

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050727-0957-mexico-sugarprotest.html

Guerrero state health workers strike and occupy government office over management abuse

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jul2005/wkrs-j19.shtml

University strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/amer-a30.shtml

Steel strike drags on - workers also march

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a23.shtml

TC workers strike over back pay

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m24.shtml

Flood victims protest for faster aid

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6H74XD?OpenDocument

Rally protests crackdown on strikers in Chiapas

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m10.shtml

Textile workers threaten strike over firing at sweatshop

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m03.shtml

Thousands march in Oaxaca city to protest killing of journalist

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a02.shtml

Steel workers strike; miners warn of solidarity action

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a09.shtml

Steelworkers picket labour ministry and block roads over state backing for bosses

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a16.shtml

CENTRAL AMERICA:  150,000 march across the region in Mayday anti-CAFTA marches

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m10.shtml

PANAMA:  Protest over persecution of journalist

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/amer-a30.shtml

Workers strike to defend social security

Striking workers hold rallies across Panama; scabs attack, wounding four

Workers block roads as part of the protests

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/wkrs-j28.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/wkrs-j21.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/wkrs-j14.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/wkrs-j07.shtml

NICARAGUA:  Protesters demand end to state of emergency

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={9976B466-08B0-43FE-A0EC-23637D153625}&language=EN

Hunger strike by agricultural labourers

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/wkrs-a19.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a16.shtml

COSTA RICA: Protesters warn of protests ahead over CAFTA

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={B735A41E-F218-48A3-8655-208CDC9FEA19}&language=EN

HONDURAS:  Teachers strike

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/jun2005/wkrs-j21.shtml

GUATEMALA:  Report highlights ongoing conflict over gold mining

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m17.shtml

EL SALVADOR

Laid-off workers protest with hunger strike

http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2005c/071505/071505o.php

Eight sacked workers stage hunger-strike

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0623-23.htm

FMLN DEPUTIES, ALLIES  BEATEN, ARRESTED--take action! 

Action Alert From the FMLN, El Salvador May 1, 2005
Americas Watch: Project of Peace No War Network URL:
http://www.PeaceNoWar.net

Repression of the FMLN and other progressive forces escalate in El
Salvador... Please call the Salvadoran Ambassador to the U.S.  
Number below!

From: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front 

To the International Community and to all members of the Network of
Salvadoran citizens living abroad

On April 28 the PNC (National Civilian Police) of El Salvador arrested
Pedro Bachon Rodríguez, an Ecuadorian doctor who is an advisor to the
SIMETRISSS, the Doctor¹s Union of El Salvador.

Though Mr. Rodríguez is a legal resident of El Salvador and is married
to a Salvadoran woman the Salvadoran authorities arrested him with the
intention of deporting him back to his native Ecuador. This action is
a blatant contradiction of ARENA¹s own immigration policies.  ARENA
[the right-wing, ruling party of El Salvador] recently gave political
asylum and legal residency to well-known Cuban terrorist Posada
Carriles. Carriles is a career narcoterrorist who spent time in a
Venezuelan jail for the 1973 bombing a Cuban airliner, killing all 73
on board. He escaped after 8 years in 1985 thanks to a bribe from
Jorge Mas Canosa, the now deceased head of the Cuban American National
Foundation (CANF). He has been tied to the importation of large
quantities of cocaine into the US in support of the Contras in
Nicaragua in the 80s and to a series of bombings in Cuba just recently.

Elected FMLN Deputies Zoila Quijada and Salvador Arias were beaten by
the PNC as they were attempting to protect a group of protestors that
were demanding Rodríguez¹s release.  Members of the Human Rights
Ombudswoman¹s office were also beaten and then arrested.

It is important to note that these repressive actions took place the
day before Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is making her first
visit to El Salvador - and three days before the massive celebration
of May Day "International Workers Day."

We are calling on everyone to denounce these human rights violations
and demand the immediate release of Rodríguez and the others being
held in detention.

Take Action Against Torture and Repression in El Salvador! Call the
Salvadoran Ambassador Rene León in Washington, D.C. At: 202- 265-9671
Ext. 223/229,

Demand that the Salvadoran Government

* Stop the repression against the people of El Salvador.

* Stop arresting leaders of the Salvadoran social movement.

* Respect the constitutional right to mobilize.

* Respect the human rights of FMLN officials

CISPES 
Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador 8124 West 3rd
Street  L.A. Ca. 90048 323-852-0721 Founded: 1980 - 25 Years of Solidarity

SURINAME: Energy workers strike
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/2005/04/25/strike.shtml

BELIZE: Trade unionists take to the streets once more
http://www.belizean.com/mt-static/archives/2005/03/a_smaller_prote.html#more
http://new.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=13905
Strike call largely ineffectual
http://new.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=13891

HAITI:  UN occupation force carries out another massacre in Port-au-Prince

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_19089.shtml

Mass protest after massacre in Cite Soleil

http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/7_15_5.html

5000 protest massacre

http://haitiaction.net/News/HIP/7_15_5.html

Detained, deposed Haitian PM goes on hunger strike

http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/625/625p13.htm

Hunger strike by former PM continues

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0510-08.htm

Thousands of Lavalas supporters demonstrate

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050504214448465

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20050415222936416

http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/15/223343/461

Students protest Haitian regime, economic policies

http://www.nosweat.org.uk/article.php?sid=1322

Fresh protests for return of Aristide
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050519-081441-7741r.htm

JAMAICA: Haitian refugees blockade camp in funeral protest

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/westernnews/html/20050415T190000-0500_78755_OBS_HAITIAN_REFUGEES_PROTEST_.asp

Opposition leads mass protest which shuts down the country

http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&as=view&sun=281935077507132005&an=392751096809082005&ac=Regional&shwef=120643097510232005&pstamp=AS&CFID=2210597&CFTOKEN=16102923

Tanker drivers shut down fuel depots in protest over unfair dismissal by Texaco

http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=20969

ANTIGUA:  Court workers protest over conditions

http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=281935077507132005&an=415435096608252005&ac=Local

ARUBA:  Protest over hostile coverage by US media over abduction case

http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/i44/girl44.html

TRINIDAD: Residents protest for improved amenities; police attack protesters

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=72363631

ST LUCIA/CARIBBEAN:  Farmers march to protest EU policy change which hits Caribbean farmers

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=157690748&p=y5769y454

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050929T220000-0500_89419_OBS_CARIBBEAN_FARMERS_TO_PROTEST_TRADE_RULINGS_AGAINST_BANANAS__SUGAR.asp

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8CU2BT01.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db

CUBA:  Opposition allege prison uprising due to brutality and mistreatment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4422567.stm

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1686712,00.html

http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/04/11/cuban_inmate_injured_in_prison_riot_dies?mode=PF

Protests over US travel ban

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/abril/juev28/protesta.html

Scuffles between pro- and anti-government protesters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4681021.stm

Regime forces arrest dissidents to smash prison solidarity rally

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2005/07/23/world/cubadetains22dissidentsrightsleadersays.html

PUERTO RICO:  Truckers' strike - government pressure combined with use of troops to escort scabs

http://www.themilitant.com/2005/6931/693105.html

Protests over governor's pay-busting measures

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a09.shtml

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/aug2005/wkrs-a16.shtml

http://www.workers.org/2005/world/puerto-rico-0915/

BAHAMAS:  Crisis at casino over draconian disciplinary rules

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/283826675656953.php

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:  Social groups protest neoliberal policies

http://www.noticiasaliadas.org/Summ.asp?lanCode=1&couCode=22

Doctors strike for wage increase and health funding

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/may2005/wkrs-m10.shtml
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