Miles de puertorriqueños llegaron al municipio de Lares, Puerto Rico el 23 de septiembre para conmemorar el 138 aniversario del Grito de Lares, fecha en que patriotas borinqueños se alzaron contra el colonialismo español en 1868. 
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| Sept. 30, 2006
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Amplia resonancia internacional ha de tener la participación del Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, en la 61ª sesión anual de la Asamblea General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, en Nueva York.
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La situación de Gaza casi se ha desaparecido de las noticias desde julio cuando comenzó el ataque israelí a Líbano, pero hay motivos por creer que los 1,4 millones de palestinos que efectivamente se encuentran encerrados en esa pequeña parcela de tierra están padeciendo un nivel extremo de privaciones y empiezan a pelearse entre si.
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On Sept. 14 the U.S. House of Representatives, in the spirit of election-year politics, passed HR 6061, the “Secure Fence Act,” which calls for construction of 700 miles of fencing along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
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In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It’s racist, and it gets results. Here, then, are the six racist myths driving the immigration debate dispelled.
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Way too much is being made of Hugo Chávez calling Bush the “devil” in his recent United Nations speech. Unfortunately, it’s being used to divert attention from the very substantive and profoundly courageous things that the president of Venezuela said during his trip to New York.
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World leaders and diplomats departed New York following the 61st UN General Assembly without incident, except for one. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro was detained at JFK Airport for 90 minutes by U.S. officials who seized his travel documents.
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| Sept. 30, 2006
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FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Accompanied by his wife and peace movement supporters, Army Specialist Agustín Aguayo surrendered voluntarily to military police at Fort Irwin Army Base in California’s Mojave Desert, Sept. 26, declaring himself ready for court-martial and jail time but not more duty in Iraq.
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Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently
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