Raquel Gutiérrez: Why is the US so afraid of me?
Source: Guardian Unlimited Am I on a blacklist? I was astonished when the plane I was travelling in was turned out of US airspace because I was on it On Wednesday 20 July 2011 at […]
Year: 2011
Indigenous and Afro-Honduran Women: Autonomy and an End to Violence Against Us
The Final Declaration of Copán Galel of the Self-Organized Constituent Assembly of Indigenous and Afro-Honduran women denounced the “violence, repression and domination of women operating through capitalism, patriarchy and racism,” said Berta Caceres, coordinator the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), in an interview with Escribana.
WikiLeaks Cables of Interest on Latin America, Released July 11-23, 2011
BOLIVIAGoB found close US embassy contact w/ “human rights” NGO in New York was behind cell planning to kill Morales bit.ly/pUFsKt#cablegate Info on the members of cell accused of bomb & plot to kill Morales, […]
Guatemala: Resisting the New Colonialism
“We don’t aspire to win the election because the left in Guatemala has been hit hard. This is about taking one step forward in articulating resistance to the new alliance between the old paramilitary/oligarchy alliances and the more recent economy based on criminal activity,” explains Mario Godínez, university professor and member of the MNR (New Republic Movement).
Colombia: Native Groups Mobilise Against Escalation of War
(IPS) – The powerful Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC), in southwest Colombia, has called a “minga” or protest march to “curb the militarisation driven by the army and the FARC,” the main guerrilla group, […]
The “Disappeared”: New Face of Mexico’s Drug War
(IPS) – Chess player Roberto Galván, 33, was detained Jan. 25 by the police in the northeast Mexican state of Nuevo León as he sat on a bench in the central square of General Terán, […]
Resistance to Political and Business Assaults on Indigenous Land and Resources in Honduras
“The historical, political and cultural significance of the Constitutional Assembly of Indigenous and Afro Honduran women recently held in Copan Ruinas includes its critical role in confronting the roots of the crisis that has besieged the country since the military coup in June, 2009,” said Miriam Miranda, a Garifuna leader and coordinator of the Fraternal Organization of Black Hondurans (OFRANEH).
How the US Props Up Criminals and Murderers All in the Name of Our Catastrophic Drug War
While the capability of Central American institutions to safeguard human rights is open to interpretation, activists in the region have raised serious concerns about the governments’ interest and will in doing so. They fear the hundreds of millions of dollars ear-marked for law enforcement and security will be used by the deeply corrupt–at times violent–governments of the Northern Triangle to support ongoing human rights abuses.
Action Alert! Violent Forced Evictions Leaves Families at Risk in Honduras
Police have forcibly evicted 114 families, including young children, from a community in northern Honduras. Around 80 people are now living in a nearby community centre in unsanitary conditions that pose a risk to their […]
Dominican Republic Intensifies Targeting of Haitians
Source: Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch Last Thursday, in the Dominican Republic, every westbound bus traveling on the transportation artery Autopista Las Américas (The Americas highway) was stopped upon its arrival in the capital […]