WORLDNOTES Spain, Madagascar, South Korea, Iraq, Argentina, Cuba
Spain: Students rebel Madagascar: Coup ousts neo-liberal president South Korea: Unions face challenges Argentina: Impunity still alive Cuba: Farmers gain land
Janet Jagan, an extraordinary woman
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Tributes came from all over the world for former President of Guyana Janet Jagan, who died March 30 at the age of 88. She was the wife and partner of Guyana’s famed leader, Cheddi Jagan.
Caribbean strikes win peoples victories
Labor militancy and popular mobilization in Martinique and Guadeloupe led to strike settlements last month remarkable for wide-ranging, decisive benefits for racially oppressed working people. Victories there occurred amidst a wave of protests elsewhere, especially in Europe, against lay-offs, rising prices and plunder in financial sectors.
U.S.-Mexico border garners much attention from White House
In response to highly publicized wave of turf battles among drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Obama administration issued an ambitious multi-agency $700 million plan this week to combat the violence. The on-going problem has caused more than 8,000 deaths since January 2008.
WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba
India: New left electoral coalition formed Iraq: Marshland crisis continues Southern Africa: Trade talks contentious Turkey: Water Forum reconvenes Haiti: Aristide party fights for election participation
Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles
BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men were seriously wounded.
Visa campaign launched for Cuban Five families
Prisoners need to see their families. The United Nations Human Rights Commission urges a minimum standard that prisoners be allowed “regular” communication with family “by correspondence and by receiving visits.”
No more troops to Afghanistan
Afghanistan is increasingly in the spotlight, as the time approaches for the Obama administration to make public the results of its comprehensive review of strategic policy there.
World Baseball Classic heats up
Baseball fans around the world are tuning into the 2009 World Baseball Classic, which holds its final championship game on March 23. Who will it be?
A peoples victory in El Salvador
The people of El Salvador made history March 15 by electing Mauricio Funes as the country’s next president. Funes’ election marks a seismic political shift in this war-torn and poverty-stricken nation.
