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EarthRights International - Give Green, Give the Gift of Earth Rights
Burma for one month as they risk their lives to document the abuses by the military junta and its corporate partners who continue to profit from destructive natural resource exploitation. A $100 donation will put a camera and tape recorder in the hands of these brave investigators from Burma, China, Vietnam, Laos, ...
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EarthRights International - ERI Calls on Oil and Gas Industry to Help Stop Violence in Burma
But the oil and gas corporations themselves, who are partnered with the military government in gas export projects, have shown no sign of trying to prevent further bloodshed. ... U.S. company in Burma, has only issued a statement. “The corporations who can influence the military junta know who they are. They must pressure the regime to maintain peace, and respect the ...
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ERA | Environmental Testimonies 12
A few days after that declaration, the military dictatorship of General Abdulsalami Abubakar threatened through the office of the Chief of General Staff ( ... became a reminder of sorrow and mourning as soldiers acting on the orders of the military junta opened fire on unarmed youths, sending an official under estimate of seven persons to their ...
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US Complicity in Pushing Aside Aristide - Opinion Forum - Global Policy Forum
From 1915-1934, Haiti was under US military occupation. After the US left Haiti in 1934, the groomed leadership grew increasingly dictatorial, eliminating the ... August of that year, was forced out of office by a military junta in October 1950. Paul Magloire, a member of that junta, became President but was ousted in 1957 by Franois Duvalier ...
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Costa Rica - Democracy: an Overview
After ruling for eighteen months, the Junta fulfilled its agreement of reinstating the people's choice for a ... of the Presidents of the country: out of fifty three leaders, only three have been military men and six can be considered dictators. Most Latin American countries can't affirm the ...
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Costa Rica - The Civil War of 1948
He also insisted in remaining in power of the country for 18 months, through a military junta. He didn't betray this promise, because exactly 18 months after rising up to power ... passed on the office to the candidate elected by the people, President Otilio Ulate. The military junta established extremely important institutions and reforms that clearly indicated a Socialist tendency. This temporary ...
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February 2007 - mongabay.com
The last major fight for democracy occurred in 1988, and climaxed with the first democratically ... Suu Kyi, won by an overwhelming 84% of the vote. Sadly, regardless of their promises, the military junta had no intention of relinquishing their power, and imprisoned the major leaders of the ...
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Alan Rabinowitz - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Quicktime.] lan Rabinowitz isn't afraid of the village strongman or a military dictatorship. He shrugs off 600-mile (966-kilometer) treks through malaria-infested jungles. That's all ... , too, with resentments of their own, were local police and federal forestry officers from the military junta that rules the country once known as Burma. These fractious groups had come together ...
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Gold Mining Polluting Myanmar Tiger Reserve
Polluting Myanmar Tiger Reserve January 11, 2007 — By Michael Casey, Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military junta is allowing gold mines to pollute the world's largest wild tiger reserve in ... Kachin Development Networking Group, a coalition of NGOs, also accused the government of doubling its military presence in the area, the Hukaung Valley. The government signed a peace pact with the ...
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OneWorld.net / In depth / Human rights
The military junta, however, seems to have its own plans to swing the tide in its favour ... Rights Watch Story link Related topics/regions: [Zimbabwe] [Corruption & transparency] [Governance] [Justice and crime] [Arms & military] Related links Country Guide: Zimbabwe Combating human trafficking with effective policing 22.04.2008 To ...
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