Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Amantha Perera COLOMBO, Mar 10 (IPS) – The war of words between the Sri Lankan government and the United Nations has begun all over again, this time over the creation of an experts’ panel on the island’s human rights record. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon wants to appoint this panel, [...]
VENEZUELA: Indigenous People Killed, Injured in Land Dispute
October 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Humberto Márquez CARACAS, Oct 16 (IPS) – Two members of the Yukpa indigenous community in Venezuela were killed and others were injured in a firefight between supporters and detractors of a government initiative to distribute land to the ethnic group at the northwest tip of Venezuela, where the Yukpa [...]
GERMANY: Conflict Builds Up With Obama Over Afghanistan
June 4, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Julio Godoy BERLIN, Jun 4 (IPS) – When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Germany this Thursday and Friday, he is likely to get a reception as warm as the demonstration of sympathy he enjoyed in July last year. And yet, Obama’s high standing among Germans is likely to [...]
