Public Health and Diplomacy. Wikileaks lays bare US priorities.

More on the wikileaks saga. Good piece by Knowledge Ecology International relayed through IP-Health ( Vol 16, Issue 18 ) on the latest cables to be made public, regarding data exclusivity, one amongst several chief  features of TRIPS + like rules with serious implications for Public Health. Meanwhile, Bradley  Manning remains in jail, in harsh conditions. We shall not forget.

Source Imaginechina/Corbis in WikiLeaks' free trade documents reveal 'drastic' Australian concessions The Guardian 7th October 2014

240 Wikileaks cables on pharmaceutical data exclusivity

The following are the cables identified in an August 29, 2011 search of the wikileaks cables,  using the search terms data exclusivity and pharmaceutical. This search identified 240 cables. Some 40 countries are mentioned in the cables. More than half of the cables involve 5 countries: Turkey (76), Taiwan (21), El Salvador (11), Honduras (11) and Tunisia (10).

War on Democracy. 2007 John Pilger's documentary on US foreign policy in the Americas

A good documentary (in high definition)  by Australian filmmaker John Pilger on Americas recent history. Focuses on developments in Guatemala, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.

Pilger interviews several ex-CIA agents who purportedly took part in secret campaigns against democratic countries . Establishes the role and responsibility of the US-based School of the Americas in training and providing guidance for military forces in such countries as El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Chile and Argentina.

25 anys ja. Joël Fieux assassinat per la contra a Nicaragua. Un entre d'altres

Un internacionalista ens deixava fa 25 anys.

Una petita nota per retre homenatge a Joël Fieux, francès (naturalitzat Nicaragüenc) caigut  en la defensa de la revolució sandinista a Matagalpa  el 28 juliol 1986.  En Joël va ser assassinat pels contres,qui  amb el suport i  cobertura econòmica i política de les administracions  Carter i Reagan van menar una guerra irregular  (que va tenir la població civil  com a objectiu i víctima) contra el projecte revolucionari (1979-1990) del  Front Sandinista d'Alliberament Nacional (FSLN) basat principalment en una campanya d'alfabetització massiva  i la reforma agrària.

Joël Fieux assassinats pels contres juliol 28, 1986.

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