Gathering in Bajo Aguán: Oligarchy and Human Rights Violations in Honduras

The objective of the recent International Human Rights Gathering in Solidarity with Honduras in the Bajo Aguán region was to give voice to the victims of the violence of the government, raise awareness of the political situation in the country, and share experiences, searching for common strategies at the national and international levels to check the repression. […]

Argentina Thirty Years After the Malvinas War: Demanding Sovereignty and Healing the Wounds of War

April 11, 2012 Francesca Fiorentini 0

On April 2, the National Day of Veterans and the Fallen in the Malvinas, provinces and social organizations throughout Argentina held commemorative activities and marches. But for Argentina, the act of remembering the thirty-year-old Malvinas War is no straightforward task. It is charged with both international politics and an internal struggle within Argentine society.

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Miners break down extracted rocks manually with hammers.

Small-Scale Miners in Nariño Face Crackdown as Foreign Companies Set Sights on Colombia

April 11, 2012 Leah Gardner 0

Police arrived at the Santa Isabel mine in Colón-Génova on February 21, 2012. The officers asked these local miners to attend a meeting to see if they could sort out their licensing request; However, when the roughly twenty-five miners arrived, they were read their rights and arrested. Miners and rural social movements allied with the miners, believe that this is part of a federal government strategy to phase out informal mining and pave the way for foreign multinationals. “We are seeing the criminalization of artisanal mining in this country,” says organizer Luz Mila Ruana.

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