On April 25, nine days after his election as prime minister of the Solomon Islands led to rioting in the streets of the country's capital Honiara, Snyder Rini announced his resignation. He was facing an imminent no-confidence vote after six MPs defected from his government coalition to the ranks of the opposition.
Charles Taylor has left Liberia with a society shattered, the population fragmented and the economy ruined. However, he is unlikely to be tried for his actions in coming to power through civil war nor for his use of violence to stay in power once president.
Though Bishop Juan Gerardi was murdered 8 years ago, his case still remains open in the Guatemalan courts. As the case enters the last round of appeals, it proves to be an important test of Guatemala's justice system.
It's good to be with media makers who don't believe that climate change is just a rumor, don't think immigrants coming to the U.S. for a better life should be turned into criminals, and didn't need over three years to figure out that the administration manipulated public opinion and distorted reality to go to war in the Middle East.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters swept through Manhattan on Saturday in a march rallying against the war in Iraq and future US military action, particularly in Iran. But with a litany of abuses on their minds, demonstrators made it clear that the protest went beyond a simple anti-war stance to include broader critiques of US government policies.
In the middle of the campaign that is being carried out with respect to the national boycott in support of immigrant rights, one of my parishioners asked me about the historic meaning of May 1.
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