Venezuela's Opposition doesn't know whether it supports the anti-corruption strugglehttp://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=86806

Colombia is paramilitary and narco state: Chavezhttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7222-colombia-is-paramilitary-narco-state.html

Registry denounced fraud in voter registrationshttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7248-registry-denounced-fraud-in-voter-registrations.html

John Lindsay-Poland: Where does US military 'aid' to Colombia go?http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2247/68/

The United States continues to fund military units reported to have committed large numbers of civilian killings, including the macabre practice known as "false positives," in which civilians executed by the army are reported as guerrillas killed in combat. This includes the Codazzi Engineering Battalion of the 3rd Brigade, which operates in Valle and Cauca states and reportedly killed 12 civilians in 2007 and 2008. The battalion's commander during this period was Coronel Elmer Pena Pedraza, a graduate of the School of the Americas.On August 26, armed men killed 12 A'wa indigenous people in a remote settlement of Tumaco, Narino in the jurisdiction of the 23rd Brigade. Human Rights Watch said "Initial reports suggest that members of the Army may have massacred these people."In addition, the United States finally suspended assistance to the Pigoanza and Magdalena battalions in the Ninth Brigade, operating in Huila state, with among the worst records for killing civilians in Colombia. In 2007 and 2008 alone, the two units reportedly committed 51 extrajudicial killings. US aid flowed to the two battalions in 2005, 2006, and 2007. However, the United States continues to assist the Ninth Brigade's support battalion and its command staff, to whom the two battalions report. The Colombian Supreme Court ruled recently that commanders are responsible for abuses committed by their subordinates. And judicial investigations into most of the killings reportedly committed by the two US-assisted battalions have not advanced.the response appears to be to suspend aid to many of the worst units. But aid is still flowing to many military units with histories of abuse, and there is to date no accountability for US complicity in violations committed by units that were formerly trained by the United States.

Colombia receives UN rapporteur on judicial independencehttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7221-colombi-receives-un-rapporteur-on-judicial-independence.html

The United Nations sent its Special Rapporteur on the Independence of the Judges and Lawyers to Colombia as the country finds itself in the middle of ongoing clashes between the Presidency and the high courts.http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7221-colombi-receives-un-rapporteur-on-judicial-independence.html

Rapporteur Carina Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva on Monday will begin a ten-day visit to the Andean nation to investigate the current state of independence of the judiciary.During her trip, the rapporteur is expected to meet with government officials, magistrates of the country's highest courts and representatives of civil organizations.The Brazilian Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva will focus on the current crisis between Supreme Court and President Alvaro Uribe, who have been unable to reach agreement on the country's new Prosecutor General. The Rapporteur will also investigate the alleged wiretapping of Supreme Court magistrates by government intelligence agency DAS and will be informed on the judicial progress made in the prosecution of demobilized paramilitaries.According to Spanish press agency EFE, some media have reported the Rapporteur will also meet three magistrates who are receiving special protection on request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Lula Wants World to Know Brazil Is Iran's Good Friend, Nukes and All http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/11514/

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Israeli Jews 'Vicious Beyond Comparison' - Gilad Atzmon - Vid http://morris108.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/gilad-atzmon-video-the-new-harsh-media-portrayal-of-the-israeli/

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Jews Against Zionism At its core, Zionism is fundamentally racist, extremist, undemocratic, and militant By Stephen Lendman.... http://www.rense.com/general88/lnd.htm

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