The half-century fight to free Peltier has sparked countless movies, songs, art and poetry.
Free Peltier posters have been a mainstay at powwows and other Indigenous gatherings.
Peltier, 80, is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota and was active in AIM.
His supporters say he has diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition.
Axios
Trying to find out more about this from a Venezuelan source. So far, all I've got is:Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has asked his entire Cabinet to file their resignations as he struggles to maintain control of the country amid a two-month long political crisis.
In a tweet Sunday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Maduro asked for the resignations so he could engage in a “deep restructuring” of the government to “fortify the nation” against “any threat.”
The move comes as Maduro is fighting for his political life against Juan Guaidó, the 37-year-old head of congress and the man who Washington and more than 50 other nations recognize as Venezuela’s sole president.
MIami Herald
Yeah, I don't understand that putting "their charges to order", and this is not a translation of a Latin page, but an English language article from MercoPress, South Atlantic News Agency.On Sunday, the Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, asked his executive cabinet to make his charges available to carry out a “restructuring”. This was confirmed by the vice president of the oil country, Delcy Rodríguez through her Twitter account, where she noted that “the President has requested the entire Executive Cabinet to put their charges to order for the purposes of a thorough restructuring of the methods and Bolivarian government operation to shield the Homeland from any threat!”
MercoPress
Still vague. I'm trying to figure out why he doesn't think the current cabinet is viable. Maybe he should resign.CARACAS, March 18. /TASS/. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked the country’s cabinet members to resign so that the government can be reorganized, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez wrote on Twitter.
"President Nicolas Maduro has asked the cabinet to resign to carry out a deep reorganization of the Bolivarian government," the tweet reads.
Rodriguez added that the reorganization would be aimed at "protecting the homeland of Bolivar and Chaves from any threat."
Tass
Leonard Peltier has been in prison for longer than he was a free man. He was convicted in 1977 of murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in June 1975, despite serious concerns about the fairness of his trial.
Saturday marks his 40th year in US custody, the American Indian Movement (AIM) leader writes in his open letter published by CounterPunch.
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Peltier concluded his letter with a thank you to his supporters around the world: “You all worked hard — are still working hard — to spread the word about what is now being called the most outrageous conviction in U.S. history. If I should be called home, please don’t give up on our struggle. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse…”
RT
The case.The Wounded Knee occupation of 1973 marked the beginning of a three-year period of political violence on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The tribal chairman hired vigilantes, self titled as “GOONS,” to rid the reservation of American Indian Movement (AIM) activity and sentiment. More than 60 traditional tribal members and AIM members were murdered and scores more were assaulted. Evidence indicated GOON responsibility in the majority of crimes but despite a large FBI presence, nothing was done to stop the violence. The FBI supplied the GOONS with intelligence on AIM members and looked away as GOONS committed crimes.
Leonard Peltier was an AIM leader and was asked by traditional people at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, to support and protect the traditional people being targeted for violence.
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Three teenaged Native witnesses testified against Mr. Peltier, they all later admitted that the FBI forced them to testify. Still, not one witness identified Mr. Peltier as the shooter.
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Following the discovery of new evidence obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, Mr. Peltier sought a new trial. The Eighth Circuit ruled, “There is a possibility that the jury would have acquitted Leonard Peltier had the records and data improperly withheld from the defense been available to him in order to better exploit and reinforce the inconsistencies casting strong doubts upon the government's case." Yet, the court denied Mr. Peltier a new trial.
FreeLeonard
