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FINANZAS Choque a la vista en cumbre del G-20

por Jeb Sprague
IPS

PITTSBURGH, Estados Unidos, 21 sep (IPS) - Miles de manifestantes de todo Estados Unidos se congregarán en esta ciudad para protestar contra la cumbre del Grupo de los 20 (G-20) esta semana, que contará con 4.000 policías para proteger a los delegados de los respectivos países.

Los gobernantes del G-20, conformado por los ocho países más industrializados y economías emergentes, se reunirán este jueves y el viernes para examinar el cumplimiento de sus objetivos de restaurar el crecimiento de la economía mundial y reformar los sistemas financieros multilaterales.

Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet

By Jeb Sprague
INTER PRESS SERVICE (IPS)

Local activists say development has been an undemocratic process geared toward the beautiful downtown.


PITTSBURGH, Sep 20, 2009 (IPS) - As media and government delegates prepare for the G20 Summit to be held Sep. 24-25 in Pittsburgh, local business and activist groups are promoting clashing visions of days to come.

Hit hard over the last quarter of the twentieth century with a collapsing steel industry, recession and falling population, Pittsburgh is still a decent place to live - often highly rated because of low housing costs.

Grassroots human rights workers ignored

I was just forwarded this compiled list of attacks on Martissant and Gran Ravine that Lame Ti Manchet are charged with. The facts behind all of these violent attacks were ignored in a recent AlterPresse article. Similarly an IPS article last year by the same author was also carefully crafted to essentially manipulate the discussion on human rights in Gran Ravine and Martissant, almost totally ignoring the role of the largest and most violent armed group. Grassroots human rights workers have been consistently reporting on the killings carried out by Lame Ti Manchet. See a response at HaitiAnalysis that was recently posted on the Haiti Corbett list. The Komisyon Episkopal Nasyonal Jistis ak Lapè has also compiled a detailed statistical analysis of violence in the area.

-20 August 2005: Massacre at Bernadette soccer field in Martissant
conducted by Haitian police and Lame Ti Manchet.
-21 August 2005: House torchings in Gran Ravine conducted by Haitian
police and Lame Ti Manchet.
-7 July 2006: Twenty innocent men, women and children massacred plus
three hundred+ torched homes in Gran Ravine conducted by Lame Ti Manchet.

-28 September 2006: Human Rights coordinator Esterne Bruner assassinated
in Gran Ravine after returning from AUMOHD's office. Lame Ti Manchet is
suspected.
-19 January 2007: Photojournalist Jean-Remy Badio assassinated in
Martissant. Lame Ti Manchet is suspected (friends, family, AHP and Le
Nouvelliste). Deibert (and RSF likewise) shamefully fail to properly attribute the charges.