Latin America
Militarized elections
A few hours before the opening of the election polls, a large number of troops from the navy, army, national guard, federal, state and municipal police as well as “thugs” and para-military groups were sent into Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas to secure the elections.
Andres Aullet
June 7, 2015Oaxaca: Thousands of troops sent to impose “order and peace” before elections
Thousands of police and army troops arrived last night and early this morning in Oaxaca. Their goal is to attempt to stop social protests and guarantee the elections happening this Sunday.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
June 6, 2015The US removes Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism
The US President, Barack Obama, had announced on April 14 that he would take Cuba off the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. A 45-day process of review, that ended this Friday, with a formal announcement from the State Department.
Juan Andrés Gallardo
June 6, 2015Hundreds of Thousands Demonstrate Across Argentina Against Femicides
#NiUnaMenos was a massive demonstration, one of the largest in the few last years. Thousands of people marched in 80 cities across Argentina. Workers, students, and youth joined to demand ¡Ni una menos! (Not one more murdered woman). Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico joined the protests.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
June 4, 2015Clashes between students and federal police in Tixtla, Guerrero
In the midst of the National Coordinating Committee of Education Workers’ (Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación, CNTE) call for a national strike, students from the Federation of Socialist Agricultural Students of Mexico (Federación de Estudiantes Campesinos y Socialistas de México, FECSUM) blocked the highway in Tixtla, Guerrero.
La Izquierda Diario Mexico
June 4, 2015CHIAPAS: Teachers’ movement burns down the offices of the National Electoral Institute (INE)
The 7th section of the National Teachers Union (SNTE), which is part of the National Coordinator of Teachers (CNTE), took over two of the main National Electoral Institute (INE) offices in the State of Chiapas and have since burned them down. This action is part of the protests against the elections that the teachers' movement is organizing nationwide.
Sergio Moissen
June 4, 2015Argentina: National demonstration against femicides
The growing violence against women sparked a national movement against femicides and gender violence. As a part of this movement, it is expected that thousands of people will take part in demonstrations today in Buenos Aires and in more than 70 cities across Argentina.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
June 3, 2015Oaxaca and Guerrero: Teachers Burn Thousands of Election Ballots
According to National Electoral Institute (INE), 16 thousand election ballots were burned in Oaxaca, and 87 thousand in Guerrero. They also reported the burning of electoral offices in Jalapa and Puebla.
Sergio Moissen
June 2, 2015Student teachers (Normalistas) take over radio stations in Guerrero, Mexico.
The regularly scheduled programs in the Capital Mázima and ABC Radio were interrupted momentarily by students from the rural teaching school in Ayotzinapa and from Guerrero United Front Teaching School along with the students’ parents.
Sandra Romero
June 1, 2015