France: most cowardly Islamophobic and sexist attack in Paris causes abortion

A young Muslim woman, 21, was attacked in Argenetiul, Paris, by two Nazi men. The attackers tried to remove her hijab, cut parts of her hair and removed part of her clothes. When she protested that she was pregnant, they beat her womb so badly that the fetus died.

Another woman suffered a similarly coward and racist attack in the Paris region three weeks ago. 

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

USA: Hanford nuclear leaks reaching ground

The extremely serious situation at Hanford (Washington state) is gradually being acknowledged by the media and some authorities. The obsolete containers in which a complex corrosive chemical mixture whose core are radioactive residues has broken all barriers in at least one tank. Liquid measuring not less than 800,000 cpm is out of the tanks and the managers do not even know exactly where it happened. 

The leak seems to be still contained (outside the tank) and, according to officers, it has not yet reached the nearby Columbia River, not being too much of an immediate threat to the public outside the site, but it does show how extremely precarious and rapidly degenerating is the situation at what CNN describes as "worst contaminated nuclear site" of America.

Sources: EneNews (link1, link2), CNN.

Popular protests spill over to Paraguay

The Brazilian mass protests have served as example for the Paraguayan People, who have even more reasons to take over the streets, as the regime is pretty much illegitimate after the "legal coup" against President Lugo exactly a year ago. 

Thousands concentrated in the Plaza de Armas of Asunción just meters away from the putschist Parliament crying against the "luxury retirement" of MPs, who keep 60% of their salary after 10 years of service and 90% after 15, as well as in demand of decent public services.

Some protesters attempted to reach Parliament, being arrested on the spot.

The protests were called through the social networks by #PorUnParaguayMejor (for a better Paraguay). 

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

Brazil: Passe Livre calls off protests in Sao Paulo because of fascist infiltration

The Passe Livre (Free Pass) movement of Sao Paulo, a small grassroots organization of some 40-50 people who initiated the massive protests in Brazil, has decided to call off demonstrations in Sao Paulo after fascist provokers were spotted in the demos, harassing and attacking left-wing activists and causing widespread outrage. 

Lucas Monteiro, speaker of the movement, declared to Terra Magazine that they will not call more marches in the largest city of Brazil by the moment, although they will continue to work towards the zero tariff.

This does not necessarily apply to other states and cities, where the MPL cells are autonomous. 

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

Colombia: farmer protests, violent repression

Some 8000 farmers marched in Ye (Catatumbo district, Norte de Santander) being violently repressed by the Army. Some 10 citizens were severely injured by the soldiers' violence.

Farmers state that they will not stop their protest until the reactionary government of President Santos listens to them. They demand the establishment of a Farmer Reservation Zone in the area and the gradual replacement of illegal crops by sustainable ones.

Preliminary negotiations were broken when Farmer representatives walked out in protest for the presence of Major Rodolfo Palomino, General Director of Police. 

Masked men with cameras, who emerged from the military lines, intimidated and harassed journalists when covering the conflict.

Source: Webguerrillero[es].

USA: only 23% trust the media

Only some 23% of US citizens trust their media, according to a recent poll by Gallup. 

Among non-elderly age segments the trust is even lower: only 20% trust TV news among those under 65 (same for all age segments in this group), while the elderly trust TV only at levels of 30%. Similarly the less educated segments are somewhat more credulous (28% trust TV news) than the more educated ones (14-15%). 

While the average of trust is similarly low towards TV and newspapers (23%), the structure of trust towards the written media is more complicated along age and education segments.

While Gallup claims that the trend has "worsened" since 2007, in fact the distrust trend began around 2001, remaining somewhat stable since 2007, when it reached its lowest value: 22%, just barely below the current one.

Turkey: tear and pepper gas stock nearly exhausted

Turkish police has almost exhausted already all its tear and pepper gas stock, which, before the protests, it was expected to last until at least 2015. In the last days police agents were seen in many locations collecting the gas canisters they had previously thrown against the People, surely in order to reuse them. Estimations are of at least 130,000 tear gas canisters used in the brutal repression that the Turkish people has and is still suffering. 

The Turkish government is already scheduling a new purchase of this kind of weapons, as well as other riot police equipment such as armored vehicles, water cannons, etc. In the last few years the autocratic government has wasted some $ 21 millions in chemical anti-protest weapons.

Source: Webguerrillero[es].