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Tribal leader killed in attempt to re-occupy land

News | March - May 2003

On 15 January 2003, gunmen shot and beat Marcus Veron, a leader of the Guarani-Kaiowatribe in Brazil, after he attempted to reoccupy ancestral land. ...

Pilar Aguilera and Ricardo Fredes (eds), 'Chile: the Other September 11'

by Roberta Bacic | Review | March - May 2003

Ocean Press, 2003; ISBN 1 876175 50 8, 80pp, £5.95

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View from Zimbabwe

by Keith Goddard | Feature | March - May 2003

The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) started in 1990 and rose to international prominence in 1995 when it applied to attend the Zimbabwe International Book Fair which had as its theme ...

Towards a peaceful world: a student's perspective

by Subhadip Mukherjee | Feature | March - May 2003

The world is in grave danger. The global scenario has completely changed since 11 September, with just one terrorist attack on the United States. ...

Mukulika Banerjee, 'The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition and Memory in the North West Frontier'

by Peter Brock | Review | December 2002 - February 2003

Oxford, James Currey, 2000. ISBN 0 85255 273 4

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William Ospina, 'Dónde Está La Franja Amarilla? (The Yellow Stripe)'

by Michelle | Review | December 2002 - February 2003

Norma, 1999. ISBN 958 04 3892 7

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Edgardo Buscaglia and William Ratcliff, 'War and Lack of Governance in Colombia: Narcos, Guerillas and US Policy'

by Melanie Jarman | Review | December 2002 - February 2003

Information Network of the Americas, 2002. ISBN 0 9720384 0 X, 91pp. Available from http://www.colombiareport.com

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Russell Crandall, 'Driven by Drugs - US Policy Toward Colombia'

by Eduardo Marino | Review | December 2002 - February 2003

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/US, London/UK, 2002. ISBN: 1 58826 089 5

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SOA trespassers en route to prison

by PN staff | News | September - November 2002

In July, 36 activists were sentenced to terms of between 90 days and six months in prison for their symbolic trespassing at the US “school for assassins” the Western Hemisphere Institute f ...

Cuba: people and sun, music and memories

by Roberta Bacic | Comment | June - August 2002

Being Chilean, I was prevented from visiting Cuba between 1973 and 1990: had I travelled there I would not have been allowed to re-enter Chile, as I would have been labelled a Marxist. ...