NACLA Update 03/12/09 - Take Action: U.S. Congressmen Interfere in El Salvador Election

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Landless Women Launch Protests Across Brazil
by Michael Fox
Commemorating International Women's Day, thousands of landless women engaged in protests across Brazil. Several of the protests targeted large eucalyptus plantations for pulp production, as part of a renewed effort by the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) and Vía Campesina to fight against multinational agribusiness corporations. As activists turn the screws on agribusiness, state repression against the landless movement has also increased.
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Take Action: U.S. Congressmen Interfere in El Salvador Election
by CISPES
In a repeat of interventionist statements by U.S. officials made during El Salvador's 2004 elections, congressional Republicans have once again openly threatened Salvadoran voters from the floor of the House by claiming Washington would have to review its polices on "cash remittances and immigration" should the FMLN win Sunday's election. One congressman even ridiculously referred to the opposition as the "pro-terrorist FMLN party." Please take action.
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Integration and the Environment on the Rio Madeira
by Simón Farabundo Ríos
A huge dam complex on the Amazon's Madeira River pits the imperatives of economic growth and integration in South America against the conservation of an environmentally sensitive area. Environmental conflicts such as the one underway on the Madeira will become increasingly common in South America as the initiative for the Integration of South American Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA) - of which the Madeira Complex is a part - reaches ever-widening implementation.
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Experts Urge State Dept. to Denounce Dirty Campaign in El Salvador
by Various Authors
More than 140 Latin America experts criticize the campaign of fear being waged by the ruling party in El Salvador. In an open letter, they ask the Secretary of State to declare that the United States government stands ready to work with whichever candidate is democratically elected by the Salvadoran people, and publicly disavow the ruling party's dirty campaign, which has used President Obama's image in an attempt to coerce Salvadorans from voting for the opposition.
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