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[Translations of two articles from the Venezuelan website TeleSur for June 15 and 18. See originals here and here.]

At least 17 killed during eviction of campesinos

At least 17 dead, ten of them campesinos and seven police agents, was the result of a confrontation between police and campesinos during a violent eviction from rural land [in Curuguaty, in the southeastern department of Canindeyú] belonging to a Paraguayan businessman.

According to local authorities, the confrontations between the police and the campesinos also resulted in at least 80 people with injuries, some minor and others serious. Among those injured is a two-year-old girl, the TeleSur correspondent reports… (more…)

[Translation of an article from Haïti Liberté for October 13. See original article here.]

by Yves Pierre-Louis

On Friday, October 7, during a demonstration by a coalition of social organizations, a professor of mathematics and physics, Jean Philibert Louis, was killed by a police woman identified as badge number UD-0210, who was traveling in a Mazda vehicle registered as 1-450, assigned to the Unité Départementale de Maintien d’Order (UDMO – Departmental Unit for the Maintenance of Order). This criminal act occurred in front of the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP – National Ministry of Education and Professional Development), in the center of the capital, as the crowd of demonstrators was approaching to voice their demands.

The UDMO agent fired teargas grenades to disperse the crowd, which resulted in injuries to two persons. Thirty-five-year-old Jean Philibert Louis was seriously injured with a bullet in the head. Taken to the Hôpital de l’Université d’État d’Haïti (HUEH – Hospital of the State University of Haiti), he died several hours later, on Saturday morning. Another slightly injured man named Jean Pierre Edouard, who was not one of the demonstrators, was also struck in the head. He was at the ministry to claim a certificate of completion of studies. In shock, he stated, “I did not participate in the demonstration. I was wounded in the head by the police.” (more…)

[Translation of an article from Haïti-Progrès for April 2.]

While the security situation is not encouraging and is troubling to many, the police commanders of the occupying force, MINUSTAH, offer reassurance. Spokesman George Ola-Davies has declared that “the security situation is stable.” (more…)