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daily12005-10-24T18:42:46ZCOLLEGE STUDENT DETAINED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/college-student-detained-in-washington-county No publishershizuko2007-11-21T05:02:54ZNews ItemUpdate: Kulongoski signs away driving privileges for undocumented workers http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/update-kulongoski-signs-away-driving-privileges-for-undocumented-workers No publishershizuko2007-11-21T04:27:10ZNews ItemYouth Organizations Denounce Disappearance of BPJ Member http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/youth-organizations-denounce-disappearance-of-bpj-member On January 31, nine young people were arrested after a peaceful youth-led protest the Anti-Terrorism law. The youth, members of the Youth Popular Bloc (BPJ), were released last week, and all the charges against them have been dropped. However, on February 13, members of
same youth and student organizations that organized the January 31 protest held a press conference denouncing the disappearance of another BPJ member, 21 year-old Francisco Contreras, who has been missing since the afternoon of Wednesday February 7. His family reports that he had received death threats before from an owner of a local bus company. Many people see the disappearance of Contreras as yet another case of the repression against those who participate in protest and organizing work. Some people believe Contreras has been kidnapped death-squad like structures, which are connected to the state, and they are therefore calling on the ARENA government to release Contreras and calling for a full investigation.No publisherben2007-02-21T23:38:02ZNews ItemOregonians caught up in Oaxaca violence http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/oregonians-caught-up-in-oaxaca-violence Travel to the Mexican state with Oregon ties is cut off,
stranding a Portland medical teamNo publisherben2006-11-11T02:51:56ZNews ItemMost Oregon Reps Oppose OFTA http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/most-oregon-reps-oppose-ofta After Wyden "No" Vote and Hundreds of Postcards and Phone Calls, All
Oregon Representatives Except for Walden Pledge to Oppose US-Oman Free Trade AgreementNo publisherben2006-07-27T22:00:15ZNews ItemErasing traces of Argentina’s dictatorship: 30 years later http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/erasing-traces-of-argentina2019s-dictatorship-30-years-later Argentina recently marked the 30th anniversary of the military coup and the ensuing methods of imaginable terror. No publishershizuko2006-04-19T00:06:19ZNews ItemThe Danger of Hugo Chávez's Successful Socialism http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/the-danger-of-hugo-chavez-s-successful-socialism When the hated despots of nations like Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan loot their countries' treasuries, transfer their oil wealth to personal Swiss bank accounts and use the rest to finance (in the House of Saud's case) terrorist extremists, American politicians praise them as trusted friends and allies. But when a democratically elected populist president uses Venezuela's oil profits to lift poor people out of poverty, they accuse him of pandering. No publishershizuko2006-04-18T23:53:07ZNews ItemUS Intervention in Venezuela http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/us-intervention-in-venezuela by Medea Benjamin.
It never ceases to amaze me, in the middle of the massive failure of the war on Iraq, that the Bush administration still has time to mess up our relations with other countries. Yet it seems like that’s exactly what they’re doing with our neighbor Venezuela.No publishershizuko2006-03-06T21:26:04ZNews ItemPrivate Rivers: Will Transnational Water Companies Swallow El Salvador? http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/private-rivers-will-transnational-water-companies-swallow-el El Salvador’s water workers union (SETA, in Spanish) is bracing for a
fight against government attempts to privatize that country’s water,
and by extension, their jobs. Representatives for SETA say losing the
fight could mean the “extinction” of their union and limits on
Salvadoran’s access to clean water.
No publishershizuko2006-02-24T02:30:54ZNews ItemFoes in disarray, Chavez sails into Congress vote http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/foes-in-disarray-chavez-sails-into-congress-vote Venezuelans vote Sunday in legislative elections that could lead to populist President Hugo Chavez tightening his grip on power. No publishershizuko2005-12-02T01:35:23ZNews Item4 parties boycott Venezuela vote http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/4-parties-boycott-venezuela-vote The decision by Venezuela's main opposition parties to boycott Sunday's congressional elections is likely to further polarize this oil-rich nation and increase tensions with the United States, experts said. No publishershizuko2005-12-02T01:33:25ZNews Item Latin America faces year of change http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/latin-america-faces-year-of-change Twelve presidential elections are due to take place in Latin America between November 2005 and the end of 2006. They include seven of the region's eight most populous countries: Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile and Ecuador.No publishershizuko2005-11-26T20:38:37ZNews ItemPentagon: Conflict plan unlikely http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/pentagon-conflict-plan-unlikely The Defense Department said it was skeptical of an Internet report that it was drawing up plans for a possible military conflict with Venezuela.No publishershizuko2005-11-26T20:35:33ZNews ItemWashington Post Uncovers Pentagon Plan for Venezuela http://pcasc.net/news/newswire/washington-post-uncovers-pentagon-plan-for-venezuela The Pentagon has begun contingency planning for potential military conflict with Venezuela as part of a broad post-Iraq evaluation of strategic threats to the United States. No publishershizuko2005-11-26T20:33:35ZNews Item