Honduras: La defensa es cosa de civiles
(IPS) – La creación de una comunidad civil para conducir la política de defensa de Honduras, que retome el estancado proceso de desmilitarización del país tras el golpe de Estado de 2009, resalta entre los […]
Year: 2011
Civil Society Combats Growing Militarism in Post-Coup Honduras
A note on the following article from Adrienne Pine via Quotha.net: “I haven’t met her personally, but I’m a huge fan of Thelma Mejía’s. She has been bravely reporting dangerous truths for far longer than […]
Man Sentenced to Jail for Racism against Brazilian Indians
Source: Survival International A man has been sentenced to jail in Brazil for racism against indigenous people, having described them as ‘vagrants’ and ‘tramps’ in a newspaper article. The article says of indigenous people, including […]
Brazilian judge orders construction of Amazon dam to stop
Source: The Guardian A Brazilian judge has ordered construction to be suspended on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. In his ruling, Judge Carlos Castro Martins said that all working on the Belo Monte […]
Bolivia: General Strike Protests Crackdown on Native March
Bolivia’s main trade union declared a 24-hour general strike Wednesday to protest Sunday’s police crackdown on indigenous demonstrators who were protesting the construction of a road through a pristine rainforest preserve. […]
Turning Point for Morales: Bolivian Police Repress and Detain Indigenous Marchers
Source: The Andean Information Network September 26, 2011 On September 25 at 5 pm, approximately 500 Bolivian police officers tear-gassed and used excessive force against camping indigenous protestors outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department. At […]
Police Attack on TIPNIS Marchers Roils Bolivia
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Last Sunday federal police brutally repressed lowland indigenous marchers protesting the TIPNIS highway. The move has sparked widespread public outrage in Bolivia, while the response from the government of […]
Ecuador: criminalización de la protesta social en tiempos de “revolución ciudadana”
Durante el proceso constituyente de 2008 los movimientos sociales del Ecuador lograron posicionar la garantía de derechos como un requisito imprescindible para la transformación hacia formas más justas y al mismo tiempo armónicas con la […]
Haiti Urged to Bring Jean-Claude Duvalier to Justice
Source: Amnesty International Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 and 1986. The call came […]