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Fred Fuentes reports from Caracas on the regional election results this November in Venezuela ('State' Governers, and Mayors). While the 'Chavista' VSUP increased its' total vote, the right wing opposition clawed back two State governorships, and a key Mayoral position in Metropolitan Caracas (Venezuela's capital).

Fred points out that a strong push by the right wing parties and candidates has have failed in a strategy to undermine the pro Chavez government and its program, serving mainly to eliminate some of the weaker elements in the administration.

It has also served to show up the fascistic tendencies of the opposition, with the opposition Mayors and Governors attempting to dismantle some of the facilities of the grass roots organisations (like a community youth TV channel) within days of winning their seats.

This hints at some future confrontations between the back and forward looking sectors of Venezuelan society.

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2008-11-25 Tues

*Black 'chopper alert' flag flies in Nimbin today*....................................................*NimFM's finances*...........................*special 2 day market in Nimbin for Comm Centre handover*

AGM photo shows, (L - R): Mim (Ass Treas), Bob (Pres), Gary, Judy (Treas), Jack, Katrina (Sec), Gail, Ian, Stewart, Ron, Peah, Rick.....(ta to Gary for it)

5m32s, 1.3MB

2008-11-24 Mon

*new 2009 NimFM committee, + Presidents, Vice Pres, & Treasurers's report*

8m13s, 1.9MB

2008-11-18 Tues

*NimFM's AGM soon*....................*NimFM's 9th Birthday party soon*.....................................*Industrial hemp workshop in Lismore on Sat*

5m40, 1.3MB

2008-11-17 Mon

*Nimbin Fashion Show*

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Burke Stansbury from CISPES talks about the move to extradite former ARENA president of El Salvador, Cristiani, along with 14 others to be put on trial for their responsibility in Human Rights violations. The best known of these is  the massacre of 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, nineteen years ago. This could have serious implications for ARENA's prospects in next year's elections. While the extradition order is being considered by a Spanish court, protesters in the US are demonstrating outside the US training camp where the Salvadoran Atlacatl battalion, notorious for this and other brutal massacres, were trained. The Atlacatl battalion was also responsible for the massacre of El Mozote, where an entire village was wiped out.

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Fred Fuentes from Caracas  - The Australian brigade.

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Fred Fuentes reports on developments and possible outcomes of this month's regional and state elections in Venezuela.

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Burke Stansbury from CISPES reports that a number of former high ranking military and a former President of El Salvador and leader of the ARENA party may be extradited to Spain to be tried for crimes and human rights violations during El Salvador's civil war.

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Fretilin threatens to withdraw from Parliament.


Timor remembers the Santa Cruz massacre, while human rights discussion is sidelined. Like a lot of debate on critical issues in the Parliament of Timor Leste. Jose Teixeira explains why the opposition Fretilin party is contemplating a walkout, with some members of the government AMP coalition.Jose is deeply concerned that a recent legal decision is not being taken seriously by the current government.

8mb 128kbps mono 8:43 mins

Timor remembers the Santa Cruz massacre, while human rights discussion is sidelined.

10m5s, 2.3MB

2008-11-11 Tues

*Town Hall meeting report*.....................*Aboriginal Centre opening soon*...................................*Don't forget NimFM's AGM & party*

6:m47s, 1.6MB

2008-11-10 Mon

*Meet the new Mayor tonite*.....................*Lost dog Found*

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Fretilin Parliamentarian Jose Teixeira talks about former Fretilin Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri's recent Australian tour and some of the successful outcomes. He discusses issues being debated in Timor Leste at the moment, some of them quite disturbing  - like the approval in principle by the AMP government for a Club Med type development on environmentally protected wetlands, and the huge biofuel project for an Indonesian company.

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Burke Stansbury of CISPES gives us an update on the pre-election situation in El Salvador. The governing ARENA party is showing signs of strain, with a contorversial vice presidential candidate selected in the face of increasingly unfavorable polls. At the same time they are stepping up the 'dirty' propaganda campaign against the FMLN.