Favela Rocinha Occupation by Haiti-Trained Troops, Photo Essay

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery (text) | Marcelo Sayao (photos). The attack on Brazil’s Rocinha slum illustrates a peacetime merger of military with police to make war on their country’s poor. If your country has contributed troops to UN (de)stabilization missions, sit up and take notice.

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Excerpt from ‘La Belle Amour Humaine’ By Lyonel Trouillot | Extrait de ‘La Belle Amour Humaine’ par Lyonel Trouillot

By Lionel Trouillot | Translated by Linda Coverdale. The Grand Prix du Roman Métis was awarded last week to Haitian poet and novelist Lyonel Trouillot for his novel La Belle Amour Humaine, published by Actes Sud (2011). (English | French)

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Government Distributes Land to Yukpa Indians | Nunca es tarde cuando la tierra llega

By Humberto Márquez, IPS. The Venezuelan government has expropriated 25 ranches to distribute 15,800 hectares (39,042 acres) to communities of Yukpa Indians in the northwest of the country who have been protesting to be returned the lands from which they had been driven. (English | Spanish)

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Landgrabbing in Ethiopia: Legal Lease or Stolen Soil?

By Philipp Hedemann, IPS | Street News Service. Since 2008 there has been an unprecedented rush to secure farmland in Africa, South America and Asia. The main commodities include sugar cane, maize, rice, wheat, soy, sorghum, sesame, oil seeds, and child labour.

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Climate Change Melting Polar Regions Faster Than Ever Before

By Steve Connor, The Independent. From the Arctic sea to the Antarctican ice shelves, the frozen “cryosphere” is showing the unequivocal signs of climate change.

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Massive Protests Against Colombia Higher Education Reform | Educación en Colombia: los estudiantes promueven la toma de Bogotá

By Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports | By Helda Martínez, IPS | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Nationwide protests are planned by Colombian students, teachers, and labor unions against a law that would allow private businesses to invest in public institutions for higher education. (English | Spanish)

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Landslide Vote for Sandinistas in Nicaragua

By Toni Solo, Tortilla con Sal | Martha Grevatt, Grevatt blog. This electoral landslide represents an enthusiastic vote of approval for the Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN) and a huge blow to the Nicaraguan right.

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China on ‘Harmonious Mission’ in the Caribbean to Show It’s a Responsible Power

MercoPress via Haiti Chery. China’s People’s Liberation Army “Peace Ark” ship carries more than 100 medical volunteers who are providing free surgery, CAT scans, eye care and other procedures to Jamaica’s needy.

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Resistance is Fertile: Palestine’s Eco-War

By James Brownsell, Al Jazeera | Haiti Chery. As Israeli civil and military forces uproot olive trees and replace them with eucalyptus on 12 km along the edge of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians gardeners and their supporters plant many more olive trees.

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