International education.

In the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, 70,000 teachers went on strike and were violently repressed by the government. For full details, see "Teacher Rebellion in Oaxaca" (In These Times, September 2006) and Indymedia Mexico, June 14, 2006.

In El Salvador, police repression of students protesting a bus fare hike resulted in the deaths of both police and students. For full details, see Voices on the Borders/Voces de la frontera, July 7, 2006 (http://votb.org/Homepage. htm).

Under Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is undergoing an educational revolution. According to Political Affairs (August 2006), "The government has refurbished 8,750 of the nation's 20,000 older schools and built 700 new elementary schools. Education now consumes 20 percent of the government spending and has risen from 2.8 percent of Venezuela's GDP to seven percent under Chavez."

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet fired the head of the riot police and condemned the excesses committed during the violent repression of protesting students. Some 600,000 Chilean high school students were demanding free public transport and a waiver of fees for college entrance exams and student identification cards. For full details, see http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=8018.