NACLA Update 08/13/09 - U.S. Bases in Colombia/Subscription Offer




Click here to view this update in your web browser


Special Subscription Offer!

Free Book With Your Subscription to the NACLA Report!

Dear friends,

NACLA has teamed up with Verso Books to bring you a special limited–time offer:
Purchase a new one–year print subscription to the NACLA Report on the Americas right now and receive your choice of title from Verso's "Revolutions!" series: Tariq Ali Presents: Fidel Castro or Hugo Chávez Presents: Simón Bolívar.

Subscribe now and you'll then receive 6 hard-hitting issues of the NACLA Report, instant access to 10 years of online archives, and your free book!

This special offer is limited to new domestic print subscriptions and is only valid until Friday, August 21. Please share this information with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Click here to take advantage of this special limited-time offer!


New on nacla.org

Colombia: U.S. Bases Stoke the Flames of Regional Conflict
by Roque Planas

It was a moment that promised to define a new era in U.S.-Latin American relations: Obama greeted Hugo Chávez at the Summit of the Americas with a smile and a handshake, and Chávez responded with a gift and a heavily accented "I wanna be your friend." But a nearly completed agreement to grant the U.S. military access to Colombian bases is rapidly undermining whatever diplomatic progress was made in that fleeting moment.
Read More

Plan Mexico's Prisoner
by Todd Miller

Since U.S. journalist Brad Will was shot in the streets of Oaxaca during the 2006 uprising, the Mexican government has been dragging its feet on prosecuting his killers. But now that billions of U.S. drug war dollars hang in the balance, the government has tried to pin the murder charges on Juan Manuel Martínez. Evidence strongly shows Martínez's innocence, suggesting the Mexican government is trying to whitewash its human rights record.
Read More

Your subscription is vital to our work. Support NACLA today by subscribing to the award-winning NACLA Report.
Please consider making a contribution to support NACLA's important work.

ADVERTISEMENT

Travel to Chile
This fall the Task Force on the Americas and SOA Watch are offering an opportunity to experience Chile, learn about its history, and share with human rights and social justice organizations.
Click here to find out more.

Study in Cuba
Burlington College, in cooperation with the University of Havana, is now offering a semester abroad study program in Cuba.
Click here to find out more.


To unsubscribe please reply to this e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.


CONTACT US:
NACLA | 38 GREENE ST. 4TH FL., NEW YORK NY 10013 | TEL: (646) 613-1440 | FAX (646) 613-1443 | info@nacla.org
Donate to Support the North American Congress on Latin America