1. Declaration of Bahia, Brazil proposes solutions to world crises2. Letter to Ortega requests clarification of position on trade agreements with the European Union3. Army assassinates the husband of Aida Quilcue, Consejera Mayor of the Indigenous Resguardo of Cauca4. IIRSA meeting concludes in Cartagena with a lack of transparency5. Social Organizations in Argentina march under the banner, "Hunger is a Crime"6. Bank of America announces massive layoffs
1. Financial and environmental crises: Principal goals of the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil2. ECUARUNARI calls for December 10th mobilizations against the Ecuadoran Debt3. President Lugo wants to review the external debt which Paraguay has with Brazil4. Colombia will be examined by the UN on International Human Rights Day5. Workers occupy factory in Chicago6. National meeting in Brazil to debate prostitution and violence against women7. Final report regarding the massacre in Pando, Bolivia given to Evo Morales
Written by Daniel Denvir Friday, 12 December 2008 President Rafael Correa declared on Friday that Ecuador would not make a $30.6 million interest payment on $510 million in bonds due in 2012, calling the debt illegal.
Groups Who Opposed Central America Agreement Plan to Call for Suspension Under Obama Administration
1. Summit of the Peoples in Bahia called for Latin America and the Caribbean. 2. Countries of the ALBA propose the Sucre (as a new currency) to confront the financial crisis.3. The opposition in Canada accuses Harper of complicity with Uribe for signing the FTA4. Women speak about the impacts of the financial crisis5. President
Message from Evo Morales to the countries taking part in the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland Sisters and brothers: Today, our Mother Earth is ill. From the beginning of the 21st century we have lived the hottest years of the last thousand years. Global warming is generating abrupt changes in the weather: the
IN THE FACE OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, WE DEMANDED A CHANGE IN MODEL Social leaders of Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, belonging to the Hemispheric Social Alliance, meeting in Quito on 15 November 2008 — at the same time as the leaders of the G20 in Washington– discussed the implications of the
1. The Struggle against the European Union-CAN Association Agreements has begun.2. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela won 17 of 22 local governments but lost in Caracas. 3. Women commemorate the Day against Machista Violence 4. The issue of Water Seizes Political Agenda in Latin America5. Social movements outline an agenda to combat the financial
The Quixote Center will publish a full-page signature ad in the National Catholic Reporter in support of Father Roy’s prophetic ministry and witness to justice, peace and equality in the Roman Catholic Church. We call on others in the many communities Father Roy has touched to join in supporting him and celebrating the call of our conscience towards acts of social justice and equality for women in the Catholic Church and for the people of Latin America.
Interfaith Voices, a public radio show, aired an interview with Roy just after he received the message from the Vatican threatening excommunication. Click the “play” button above to hear it.
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The Quixote Center will publish a full-page signature ad in the National Catholic Reporter in support of Father Roy’s prophetic ministry and witness to justice, peace and equality in the Roman Catholic Church. We call on others in the many communities Father Roy has touched to join in supporting him and celebrating the call of our conscience towards acts of social justice and equality for women in the Catholic Church and for the people of Latin America.
