Noticias de Prensa Latina - Spain: Demands for Investigation of Couso Killing Cover-up

Noticias de Prensa Latina - Spain: Demands for Investigation of Couso Killing Cover-up: "Javier Couso, brother of the Telecinco cameraman killed in Iraq in 2003, accused Spanish administration and justice officials of having obstructed the process, according to diplomatic cables recently released by Wikileaks.

El Pais newspaper reported earlier this month that government ministers and judges were pressured by Washington to block international arrest warrants for three American soldiers involved in the killing of Couso.

According to the daily, the U.S. embassy in Madrid brought pressure in two directions during the last seven years.

The United States kept contacts with members of the Spanish Executive: former first vice president Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, and the former ministers of justice and foreign affairs, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar and Miguel Angel Moratinos, respectively, as well as the state secretary of justice, Julio Perez Hernandez."

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timing of the WikiLeaks release

LatinNews.com: "Among the standout diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks in late November was one sent to the US State Department by the US ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, stating unequivocally that the former president Manuel Zelaya (2006-2009) was illegally removed in a coup d’état on 28 June 2009. The timing of the WikiLeaks release is a perfect gift for the 12-member Union of South American Nations (Unasur), which has just approved the addition of a new democratic charter to its 2008 constitutive treaty empowering the new regional organisation to impose political and commercial sanctions against member nations for breaches of the democratic order"

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WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain, Latin America | Sun.Star Network Online

WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain, Latin America Sun.Star Network Online: "More than 100 demonstrators gathered outside the British Embassy in Madrid late Saturday to protest the detention of the founder of secret-spilling website WikiLeaks and the closing of the site's Swiss bank account.
The Spanish-language website Free WikiLeaks said protests were scheduled to be held in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville and at least three other Spanish cities.
Protesters held placards saying 'Free Julian Assange' and 'Truth Now,' and chanted 'freedom of speech.'
The website also said demonstrations were planned Saturday in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and in the capital cities of Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and Peru, as well as in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
'We seek the liberation of Julian Assange in United Kingdom territory,' the organization said on the website. It urged protesters to gather at 6 p.m. (1700 GMT) in Spanish cities."

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Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Signs US$100m with Morocco

Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Signs US$100m with Morocco: "Morocco and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) signed two loan and fund guarantee agreements, both estimated at around Dh367.3 million (about US$ 100 million), to fund high speed railway project in Morocco.
The loan agreement was signed by Director General of the National Railway Bureau in Morocco Mohammed Rabie ''AL Khalie'' and ADFD Acting Director General Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, while the guarantee agreement was signed by the Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Salaheddine Mezouar and Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi.
The high speed railway could cut travel times between the main cities of Casablanca and Tangier from 5 hours to just two, positively reflecting on the economic development pace."

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