En 2010, Quelino Ojeda Jiménez trabajaba en lo alto de un edificio en el aeropuerto de Midway de Chicago cuando se cayó al suelo. Él sufrió lesiones que lo dejaron casi tetraplégico y dependiendo de ventilación asistida. Tres días antes de Navidad del año 2011, el centro médico Advocate Christ Medical Center, en contra de [...]
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Hospitals deport undocumented patients
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Chris Fry May 1, 2013 » Add the first comment.
In 2010, Quelino Ojeda Jiménez was working atop a building at Chicago’s Midway Airport when he fell to the ground below. He suffered injuries that left him nearly quadriplegic and relying on a ventilator. Three days before Christmas 2011, Advocate Christ Medical Center, over the objections of his family and Jiménez himself, crying and unable [...]
Colombianos exigen paz y fin de la guerra contra las FARC
Un millón de colombianos marcharon en la ciudad capital de Bogotá, así como otras ciudades y pueblos el 9 de abril para demostrar su apoyo a las negociaciones de paz entre el gobierno y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – Ejército del Pueblo de Colombia (FARC-EP). Las conversaciones que se iniciaron en Oslo, Noruega, en el [...]
Presión derechista detiene juicio de genocidio en Guatemala
Desafuero e indignación estallaron en un tribunal en la ciudad de Guatemala el 18 de abril cuando un juez que se había recusado de “apelaciones” suspendió el juicio por el genocidio contra Efraín Ríos Montt. El ex general había llegado al poder mediante un golpe militar en 1982. Él y su jefe de inteligencia, Mauricio [...]
Right-wing pressure halts Guatemala genocide trial
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Chris Fry April 28, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Shock and outrage erupted in a courtroom in Guatemala City on April 18 as a recused “appeals” judge suspended the genocide trial of Efrain Rios Montt. The former general had come to power through a military coup in 1982. He and his head of intelligence, Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, were finally charged with mass murders that [...]
Colombians demand peace, end to war on FARC
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Chris Fry April 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
One million Colombians marched in the capital city of Bogotá as well as other cities and towns on April 9 to show their support of peace negotiations between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-Peoples Army (FARC-EP). Talks which began in Oslo, Norway, in 2012 are now continuing in Havana, Cuba. Considering that [...]
Death of Palestinian prisoner sparks massive protests
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Chris Fry April 14, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Outrage over the death of a Palestinian prisoner due to medical neglect by his Israeli jailers on April 2 sparked massive demonstrations in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem and in Israeli prisons. Two teenage protesters were killed by Israeli troops. On April 3, Israeli aircraft dropped bombs on crowded Gaza after Palestinian fighters launched a [...]
Manning proudly admits to exposing U.S. war crimes’
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Chris Fry March 6, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Pvt. B. Manning read a 35-page statement to a court-martial session at Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 28, in which the whistleblower proudly admitted having released documents and videos that exposed the U.S. military’s war crimes and U.S. government support of corrupt regimes around the world. One of those videos, called “Collateral Murder” and released [...]
Palestinian filmmaker detained at LAX
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Chris Fry February 27, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Palestinian director Emad Burnat and his family were detained and threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration officials when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 19 to attend the Academy Awards ceremony later that week. His film, “5 Broken Cameras,” received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, marking the first such nomination [...]
Ecuadorian leader Correa wins re-election
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Chris Fry February 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won re-election to a third term on Feb. 17. Preliminary results show him winning by more than 56 percent, surpassing the 24 percent of votes for his closest rival, former banker Guillermo Lasso. (Houston Chronicle, Feb. 17) Although Correa makes no claims to be a socialist, his six years of progressive reforms have won substantial [...]
