People across Latin America are crying out against the Israeli attack on the people of Gaza.

In Oaxaca, Mexico, Mexican police arrested at least 20 people as they went to the U.S. Consulate to protest.

In the middle of the day, today, Saturday the 3rd of January, 2009, a massive detention took place of over 20 compañeros and compañeras who set out to peacefully protest in front of the U.S. Consulate in Oaxaca, repulsed by the genocide perpetuated by Israel against the Palestinian people.

From the information we have received, these detentions took place as the protestors headed toward the Consulate, located in Santo Domingo de Guzmán, in Oaxaca City. Without warning, the police forces, through unproportionable and unjustified force, launched an assault against them before the protest was even able to take place.

The above image is from Caracas, Venezuela.

From Cuba:

The doctors are desperate because they cannot attend to so many open wounds, so much blood. I scream appealing for peace for Palestine, I scream for peace and for hope. I mourn during the celebrations of this world that has little to celebrate. I scream peace for Palestine…peace… peace… peace… PEACE… PEACE… PEACE… PEACE!!! Let’s see if someone listens…

From Peru:

The counterpart of the negligence by the armed forces is impunity: a month before these attacks, Yesh Din, an Israeli NGO and defender of human rights published a report about impunity. According to them, between 2001 and 2007 around 2000 Palestinian civilians died at the hands of the Israeli armed forces. However, of those 2000 deaths only 78 charges against Israeli soldiers were filed and only 5 soldiers were sentenced. And even in those cases, the penalties were slightly lower than those regularly permitted by Israeli law.

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Via / Kabobfest, Global Voices

Images Via / The Philistine