Though the stated objectives of Plan Colombia are to end the 30-plus-year-old civil war that has cost the lives of more than 35,000 Colombians and to end the production of cocaine and heroin, there may be a simpler reality: oil.
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BY GAIL LORD
SYDNEY — In case you missed it, March 21 was the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. To draw public attention to the day, Amnesty International organised a protest action outside the
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — In the absence of a local stock exchange, the M1 Alliance here has decided to blockade the offices of the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry, due to its anti-worker stance and its self-declared role as
BY NICOLE HILDER
WOLLONGONG — Wollongong University Resistance Club injected radical politics into an otherwise inane annual general meeting of the students representative council on March 20. Instead of actively building the meeting, the SRC set
BY JIM GREEN
Rio Tinto chief executive Leigh Clifford said on March 22 that the company was unlikely to proceed with development of the Jabiluka uranium mine on ground excised from the Kakadu National Park without a significant shift in community
Crony capitalism, US-style
"[T]he US air Force has devised an ambitious plan to help Boeing, the world's biggest commercial jet producer, sell a version of its latest jumbo military transport to private cargo companies... the C-17 Globemaster...
Don't be despondent about 'dependency'
BY JOHN TOMLINSON
Some people in Australia are concerned about the painful brain condition
called “dependency”. However, the only people who contract this condition
are those who believe that the
BY SIMON ROZ
ADELAIDE — A rally and march on March 17 attracted about 700 people supporting the call to ban genetically modified (GM) foods. After hearing speakers outside Parliament House, the protesters marched to the Central Market where they
BY NORM DIXON
President Fidel Castro on March 18 announced that Cuba has produced versions of anti-AIDS medicines patented by US drug corporations. He said Cuba was prepared to help South Africa, Brazil and other Third World countries to produce
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Widow of the Revolution: the Anna Larina
BY NORM DIXON
South African President Thabo Mbeki on March 14 declined to declare South Africa's debilitating AIDS epidemic a national emergency. Such a declaration would have allowed Pretoria to immediately invoke World Trade Organisation
BY SEAN HEALY
The Argentinian government of President Fernando de la Rua is in crisis and its economic plans are in tatters, after protesters took to the streets in anger at a new austerity package which included savage cuts in government
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