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Catherina's JournalTribunal that condemned Rios Montt will not continue the trial process
27 de Mayo
The Court of High Risk Crimes, where Presiding Judge Yassmin Barrios had sentenced retired military Jose Efrain Rios Montt to 80 years in prison, declined to continue with the trial, so it will be transferred to another court.
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The Supreme Court shall appoint new judges to serve on the court and continue with the trial from as it was before 19 April.
http://www.prensalibre.com/noticias/Tribunal-tramitar-accion-Rios-Montt_0_926907493.html
On May 10, General Efraín Ríos Montt, former military leader of Guatemala, was found guilty of overseeing the deliberate killings by the armed forces of at least 1,771 members of the Maya Ixil population during his 1982-83 rule. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
Last Monday, May 20, Guatemala’s constitutional court overturned the conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity, throwing out all proceedings in his case since April 19. That was the day the Ríos Montt was temporarily left without a legal defense as his lawyer was briefly expelled from the courtroom after he accused the presiding judge of bias against him.
All the testimonies and witness statements heard from that point onwards will have to be delivered again, in addition to the concluding statements from both sides. There’s no indication of when that will happen.
This is so obviously a charade and a farce that it would be hilarious, except that we are talking about a brutal dictator who on May 10 was convicted of ordering the deaths of almost 2,000 Maya.
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http://www.care2.com/causes/brutal-dictator-rios-montt-gets-off-on-a-technicality.html
Private Banks against Rafael Correa. Stimilus over Austerity.
Ecuador vs The Bankers
Imagine if we dealt with the banks this way. Imagine if when they went blackmailing for bailouts we had turned the tables on them instead. Imagine.
Correa wins re-election and says banks and mass media don't rule anymore
The Roots of Rafael Correa (Revolution)
Venezuela to distribute 2.5mn educational computers in 2013, 2014
May 23, 2013
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that "we will start on Thursday Canaima program to all schools in the country." The project's aim is to provide laptops Canaima with interactive educational content to children in primary and secondary school now.
The Government of Venezuela on Thursday will begin delivering computers to 2.5 million young people attending secondary education under the Canaima proram. The day before President Nicolas Maduro made the announcement and said that the distribution of the machines will be carried out nationwide.
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He added that the program will expand to universities "then we'll take the Canaima program to the country's universities, all universities and barrios as well."
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The Canaima for high schoolers have a built-in camera, free software, and an interactive technological system to disable a device if it is lost, according to employees of the Company detailed Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela (CANTV), who participated in the project, conceived by the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, through a special agreement with Portugal.
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About two and a half million of these computer notebooks are already assigned in schools, where secondary school students can take them home and even teach other family members to use the new technologies. In first grade, children do not carry the Canaimita home, as they spend the year learning how to handle and care for it.
http://www.telesurtv.net/articulos/2013/05/23/gobierno-de-venezuela-entrega-2.5-millones-de-computadoras-a-jovenes-estudiantes-5814.html
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The Canaima Program began in mid-2009 as part of an oil trading agreement between Venezuela and Portugal. The laptop computers run on the open source operating system Linux, and the educational programs and software included in them is designed by Venezuelan engineers at the Ministry of Education and the National Center for Information Technology (CNTI).
While in Portugal last month, Chávez announced the purchase of an additional 1.5 million Canaima computers as well as plans to install a Canaima production plant in Venezuela.
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5792
Nicaragua Venezuela Sugar Deal (45,000 tons on State-owned vessels)
(EFE) – hace 18 horas
Managua, 26 may (EFE).- Nicaragua sends its first shipment of 15,000 tons of sugar to Venezuela today, out of a total of 45,000 tons. This as part of the bilateral ALBA accords, stated an official source, Virgilio Silva, chief executive of Nicaragua’s National Port Authority, told the media.
The sugar was loaded onboard the vessel "Manuel Gual" of the state-owned Venezuelan shipping company Venevega), in the port of Corinto, Nicaragua's main port on the Pacific...
He added that two Venezuelan ships are scheduled to dock at the same port on May 29 and June 5 to load another 15,000 tons of sugar each.
Silva said last Friday they loaded another 980 heads of cattle on a Venezuelan ship in port Sandino, also in the Pacific, bound for Caracas, in the framework of the ALBA, to which both countries belong.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5j5YQbdTabw5BFm975yP5xYDIYCIg?docId=2047556
He pointed out that this is not the first time Nicaragua exports sugar to Venezuela but the difference nos is that it's being done on Venezuela's state-owned vessels and not through multinational corporations. "This gives us great satisfaction because it's the first time that Venezuela, with its own ships, is handling the export products," he said.
Silva announced that that Nicaraguan National Port Company (EPN) authorities are evaluating the possibility of forming an alliance between Venevega and Nicaraguan ships to coordinate the movement of exports and, if necessary, also imports.
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Since the creation of the ALBA, Venezuela became the second major market for beef, beans, cattle and other Nicaraguan products according to the Report Center of Export Processing (CETREX).
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http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1451181&Itemid=1
Chile blocks Barrick Gold mining project
Chile blocks Barrick Gold mining project
Diaguita Indians celebrate victory in seeing mining giant Barrick Gold Corporation fined for environmental violation.
Chile's environmental regulator has blocked Canada-based Barrick Gold Corporation's multi-billion dollar mining project and imposed its maximum fine, citing "serious" environmental violations.
After a four-month investigation, Chile's Environmental Superintendent said on Friday that all construction work on the Pascua-Lama mine must stop until Barrick builds the systems it promised to put in place for containing contaminated water.
Chile's government also imposed a fine of eight billion pesos ($16.36m), the highest possible under Chilean law.
The violations include: Failing to build structures to contain contaminated water before mine construction began, failing to keep the agency informed about problems and changes, and failing to provide data sought by inspectors.
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The sanctions don't mean the end of the Pascua-Lama mining project.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/05/201352516148473596.html
UN welcomes agreement between FARC and Colombian Governmant
UN celebrates accord between FARC and Colombian Governmant
United Nations, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Ban Ki-mon, United Nations Secretary General, welcomed the agreement that the Armed Forces Revolutionary People's Army ( FARC-EP) and the Government of Colombia reached on agricultural issues in Cuba today.
In a statement distributed by the office of the UN in New York, the head of the world body considered this agreement on the first item on the agenda a significant achievement of the peace talks being held in Havana.
He added that understanding is an important step and called for further progress between the two delegations in their efforts to reach agreements on the remaining issues and end the long conflict in Colombia.
The FARC-EP and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos, in a joint statement, announced 16 agreements on agricultural issues, which were the focus of the peace talks that began last November 19 in Havana, with Cuba and Norway as guarantors.
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http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1451201&Itemid=1
Bolivia Reduces Infant Malnutrition in Half
Bolivia Reduces Infant Malnutrition in Half
La Paz, May 26 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia reported in the last five years a 43-percent reduction of chronic malnutrition in infants, while the primary-assistance cover to pregnant women and childbirths in public centers increased.
The Health Ministry reported today that those results were achieved after implementation of the bond Juana Azurduy, a social project that will be five years old tomorrow, created by the Government to grant social assistance to pregnant women and newborn children.
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He explained that hospital cover to pregnant women increased in almost 20 percent from 2005 to 2013, while he called tangible the results in the struggle against infant mortality, which decreased from 55 to 46 per every child born alive.
Created in 2009 by President Evo Morales, the bond Juana Azurduy is an economic incentive that guarantees prenatal controls and medical care and assistance to children until they turn two years old.
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1450581&Itemid=1
Caracas down to Zero murders in last 3 days
Ministro Rodríguez Torres: Caracas down to Zero murders in last 3 days
Minister Rodríguez Torres: no homicides in Caracas for three days
Homeland 26/05/13.- Operation "Safe Homeland" in the Capital District has been very successful. For the last "three days we had zero homicides. That is something almost miraculous for the city of Caracas, considering the large numbers of people who live in this city."
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The official said that having an index like this in two weeks "encourages us to further refine the method to continue providing security for the people."
Worth remembering that the Homeland Secure Plan was activated in the Capital District and Miranda on 13 May and later in the states of Zulia, Lara and Carabobo.
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http://www.ciudadccs.info/?p=427807
Venezuelan Opposition creates "Group of Friends" in Chile, Peru
Venezuelan Opposition creates "Group of Friends" in Chile
María Corina Machado exiting the Colombian Congress. María Corina Machado explained that the initiative reunited Venezuelans and Chileans who support the denunciations of the MUD
M.M. 26 de mayo 2013 - 12:01 am
More than 300 people gathered at the former headquarters of the National Congress of Chile, Santiago, to form the "Group of Friends of Venezuela" in Chile. It is the second initiative of this kind, after the creation of the "Group of Friends of Venezuela" in Peru two weeks ago, they are driven by the Venezuelan opposition through their representatives in the countries of the region.
Venezuelans living in the southern country took advantage of the visit of a delegation of deputies of the National Assembly, composed of Carlos Ramos, of Un Nuevo Tiempo, and independents Maria Corina Machado and Eduardo Gomez Sigala, to launch the movement.
Machado explained that it is a collective composed not only of Venezuelans, but also of local activists and journalists, academics and politicians who identify with the opposition's complaints regarding the outcome of the presidential elections on April 14. The idea is to replicate it in all the countries of the region.
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In Chile, the 14 April vote favored Capriles with 92.07% (1,185 votes) over Nicolas Maduro with 7.84% (101 votes).
http://www.el-nacional.com/politica/Oposicion-Grupo-Amigos-Venezuela-Chile_0_196780402.html
FARC-EP Reject new Colombian Minister Ultimatum
FARC-EP Reject new Colombian Minister Ultimatum
Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) ...
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Colombia's Interior Minister compared the proposals on rural development in the insurgency with a "gift list" and a "Christmas tree."
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After reading out the text, Laura Villa stated that the formulations of the guerrillas in talks collect popular demands and are not a "gift list", but the record of rights that have been violated to the people and the State has the duty to guarantee them without further delay.
The purpose is to maximize farm production and rural communities in terms of food sovereignty and full improvement of the living conditions of the impoverished rural population and displaced by the conflict imposed by the power elites, according to the source.
The FARC-EP considered urgent and necessary to end the concentration of land ownership that, in their opinion, has resulted in the deepening of extreme inequality, expressed in a Gini coefficient (a measure of income inequality within a country) greater than 0.89, "the most outrageous and unfair on the continent."
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