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Blog Entries by Laura Carlsen from 06/2009

Victory in the Amazon

| Posted 06.19.2009 | World
Read More: Peruvian Amazon, Alan Garcia, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Bagua, U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, World News

This recent clash between indigenous peoples and the Peruvian national police sends a powerful message from the Amazon jungle straight to Washington.

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Live Blog: OAS Session on Honduran Coup

| Posted 06.28.2009 | Huffington Post
Read More: Honduras, Coup in Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, Honduras Coup, Huffington Post News

This morning the president of Honduras was surrounded by military units and forcibly deposed. He is now in Costa Rica. The people are in the streets a...

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Honduran Coup Turns Violent, Sanctions Imposed

| Posted 06.30.2009 | World
Read More: Via Campesina, Honduran Coup, Alba, Manuel Zelaya, World News

If the coup leaders were desperate when they decided to forcibly depose the elected president, they are even more desperate now. Stripped of its pretense of legality by universal repudiation and faced with a popular uprising, the coup has turned to more violent means.

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