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Still No Justice for Priests in Notorious El Salvador Massacre 20 Years Later

Norman Stockwell, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.

In 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, were brutally murdered in El Salvador. Two decades later, the extent of U.S. complicity remains largely unspoken.

Did Washington Turn a Blind Eye to the Coup in Honduras?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. June 29, 2009.

At minimum, the U.S. could have flexed its tremendous economic muscle before the coup and told the military plotters to stand down.

Twenty Thousand Protest at Fort Benning: Eleven Face Federal Criminal Trials

Bill Quigley, TruthOut.org. November 19, 2007.

Over 200 people have done time in federal prison time for previous protests..