Separatists

US Planning to Use Separatists to Divide Venezuela Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has warned that the United States is planing to support separatist movements in various anti-Chavez departments in that oil-rich country. According to Global Research , Chavez has warned of [a] plan orchestrated by the United States to take control of natural and other economic resources in several states in the

Pattani (Thailand), June 19 (DPA) Suspected separatists burned down a government school in southern Thailand and then ambushed and killed four officials who came to investigate the arson Tuesday, police said. (more…)

Guwahati, June 13 (IANS) At least 10 tribal separatists were killed and a paramilitary commander was wounded in two separate attacks in the northeastern states of Manipur and Nagaland, officials said Wednesday. A defence spokesman said paramilitary Assam Rifles troopers Tuesday killed four militants of the outlawed Kuki National Front (KNF) in an encounter near Thonglan village in Manipur’s Senapati district. “We were tipped off by locals that a group of rebels were moving in the area and trying to carry out extortions. “The encounter lasted for a couple of hours and we managed to eliminate four KNF militants and recovered one light machine gun, an M-16 rifle, and other weapons and ammunition from the victims,” said defence spokesman Rajesh Mishra. A paramilitary commander was wounded in the encounter, he added. The KNF is a rebel group fighting for an independent homeland for the minority Kuki tribe in Manipur, a state bordering Myanmar. Kuki militants killed

The Parti Québécois (PQ) hit a low by winning 36 seats (out of 125) at the National Assembly and got 28.34% of the votes in Quebec. All kinds of arguments have been brought by the PQ's supporters themselves to explain this humiliating defeat. Was it because of André Boisclair's leadership style? Not necessarily. That's only one of the causes among others.For some of you, the PQ is about to die. This is not necessarily true. While looking at things within the PQ's frame of mind, the separatists' problem is more rooted into the way they handle their option and their despicable disconnection from reality. All in all, the inconvenient truth must be said: Quebecker separatism is on its way to hit the low, but not to die.What some members of the PQ doesn't really understand is that many people in Quebec are not that interested to separate from Canada. Besides, don't you think that the PQ arrogantly looks at Quebeckers by attempting to present a "pedagogy about sovereignty"? For mor

The victory of newly-minted Liberal leader Stephane Dion has made some in the Alberta separatist movement sit up and take notice. After several months in snooze mode, with the provincial P.C. riding an eternal wave of popularity and a comfy federal minority Conservative government in Ottawa, most in the movement have been taking a 'wait and see' position. We've kept the web forums buzzing with

Yesterday, the eight candidates for the leadership race of the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) verbally fought each other in a debate. This fifth and last debate was held in Toronto at the Roy Thompson Hall. Obviously, it gave to the 1500 supporters who were present the occasion to see some candidates showing their heavy rhetoric artillery.From left to right: Bob Rae, Michael Ignatieff and Stéphane Dion during yesterday's debate in Toronto.As time goes by, many people are trying to predict who will be the successor of Paul Martin. At the light of what we heard from this debate, Michael Ignatieff doesn't certainly have what it takes to be a Prime minister. If Ignatieff became not only the successor of Paul Martin, but also the Prime minister of Canada, will he deal softly with Quebec's separatists?We still don't know yet, but his constitutional vision paradoxically elates the separatists, because Ignatieff wants the province of Quebec to be recognized as a nation in the Canadian cons