Links but no Update for March 15, 2009

[Due to other commitments, we are unable to send out an Update. We'll be back next week. Below are links to stories from other sources.]

Argentina: Judicial Law Ends Insider Trials, Decriminalizes Homosexuality in Military
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1751/68/

Paraguay: ranchers threaten uncontacted peoples
http://ww4report.com/node/7017

Brazil: rural women protest pulp plantation
http://ww4report.com/node/7010

Landless Women Launch Protests Across Brazil
http://nacla.org/node/5611

Integration and the Environment on the Rio Madeira
http://nacla.org/node/5595

Evo Morales chews coca at UN drug summit
http://ww4report.com/node/7016

Bolivia: another US diplomat expelled; CIA design on hydrocarbons seen
http://ww4report.com/node/7008

Peru: mass grave uncovered
http://ww4report.com/node/7009

Ecuador's Ecological Action group ordered closed
http://ww4report.com/node/6997

Ecuador oil spill affects 47 indigenous communities
http://ww4report.com/node/6996

Ecuador freezes oil income from firm slated for massive Peru contract
http://ww4report.com/node/6995

The Ecuador Solidarity Network stands with Acción Ecológica!http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1758/68/

Colombia's Magic Laptops and the War Against Social Movements
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1754/68/

Is the US Giving Colombian "Drug Lords" A Free Pass on Worse Crimes? http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1756/1/

Chávez pledges to repel Colombian military incursion
http://ww4report.com/node/6994

Indigenous Panamanians Defend Nature Against Speculators' Violent Onslaughts
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5924

Take Action: U.S. Congressmen Interfere in El Salvador Election
http://nacla.org/node/5613

Experts Urge State Dept. to Denounce Dirty Campaign in El Salvador
http://nacla.org/node/5598

US pledges to respect neutrality in Salvador elections —despite GOP bluster
http://ww4report.com/node/7026

Salvadoran Election Climate: Evidence that “Washington’s Policies Have Been Buried on Wall Street?” http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1760/1/

Salvadorans march against free trade deal with Europe
http://ww4report.com/node/7027

FMLN takes Salvadoran elections, pledges "peace and reconciliation"
http://ww4report.com/node/7033

Democracy Promotion in El Salvador: Elections 2009
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1755/68/

Groundbreaking Arrest Made in Guatemalan Disappearance Case
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1750/68/

Mapping Controversy in Oaxaca: Interview with Aldo Gonzalez, Director of UNOSJO http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1759/1/

Mullen mulls Mexico intervention
http://ww4report.com/node/7011

Mexico tops agenda for new Drug Czar
http://ww4report.com/node/7018

Drug War Doublespeak
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5935

Trading our Way Out of the Financial Crisis: The Need for WTO Reform
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5920