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WNU #950: Brazilian Protesters Take on Agribusiness
Retired general José Francisco Gallardo, who served eight years in prison for criticizing the Mexican army, said "Plan Mexico" was part of a "covert maneuver by the US so that through the militarization of the political and economic structures and the annexation of the army, it can appropriate the country's energy resources."
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #950, June 15, 2008
1. Brazil: Protesters Take on Agribusiness
2. Argentina: 19 Arrests in Farmers Strike
3. Mexico: "Plan Mexico" Hits Snags
4. Puerto Rico: US and UN Investigate
5. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico
ISSN#: 1084-922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com. It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com
*1. Brazil: Protesters Take on Agribusiness
From June 10 to June 12 thousands of Brazilians demonstrated in 13 states to protest the power of transnational corporations and the growth of the agribusiness model in the country. Rallies, marches and sit-ins organized by two groups--Vía Campesina (Campesino Way) and the urban-based Popular Assembly--called for a new economic model and a strengthening of the campesino economy in order to produce food cheaply for the population. The two groups issued a document entitled: "Why are we demonstrating? We want to produce food." [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/06/wnu-950-brazilian-protesters-take-on.html
Issue #950, June 15, 2008
1. Brazil: Protesters Take on Agribusiness
2. Argentina: 19 Arrests in Farmers Strike
3. Mexico: "Plan Mexico" Hits Snags
4. Puerto Rico: US and UN Investigate
5. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico
ISSN#: 1084-922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com. It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com
*1. Brazil: Protesters Take on Agribusiness
From June 10 to June 12 thousands of Brazilians demonstrated in 13 states to protest the power of transnational corporations and the growth of the agribusiness model in the country. Rallies, marches and sit-ins organized by two groups--Vía Campesina (Campesino Way) and the urban-based Popular Assembly--called for a new economic model and a strengthening of the campesino economy in order to produce food cheaply for the population. The two groups issued a document entitled: "Why are we demonstrating? We want to produce food." [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/06/wnu-950-brazilian-protesters-take-on.html
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