Guatemalans from all sectors of society expressed their outrage over the murder of Argentinean protest singer Facundo Cabral. Mr. Cabral was gunned down in Guatemala City on Saturday, July 9th, after performing two concerts in the country.
Proposals to radically re-formulate the constitution of Honduras need to incorporate the experiences and perspectives of indigenous and Afro-Honduran women, declared Berta Cáceres, a longtime feminist indigenous activist and an organizer of the Constitutional Assembly Self-Organized by Indigenous and Afro-Honduran Women.
Source: Democracy Now Argentine singer-songwriter, Facundo Cabral, died Saturday after a car he was traveling in was ambushed by gunmen in Guatemala. He was one of Latin America’s most admired folk singers and a man […]
Source: Al Jazeera In Ecuador, protesting for the rights of the Earth and trying to preserve natural resources may make you a “terrorist”. If you thought there was anything romantic about environmental activism or indigenous […]
BRAZIL Lula’s foreign policy advisor admits secret relations with Pepe Lobo in February 2010 bit.ly/pA0PPP #cablegate #Honduras #Brazil Brazil gov’t: “President Morales is more moderate than his words or image indicate” bit.ly/qDafTz #cablegate Global mining […]
The body of murdered fourth-year university student and active member of the environmental movement in the area of Ilobasco, Cabanas, Juan Francisco Duran Ayala, has finally been returned to his family in San Salvador. Juan is the fourth person active in the anti-mining movement in the department of Cabanas to be murdered in the past two years.
Source: Americas Program “My papa settled here in 1944,” Pablo Sarmiento says in a serene voice and gentle manner, as he looks at the ruins of his home that was torn down by a […]
The state uses propaganda to justify eliminating civil rights because of the threat of ‘terrorism’. Source: Al Jazeera A few months after the 2009 coup d’etat against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, I was approached on […]
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