(Washington D.C./Guatemala City) Today, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the 1997 mining law for failure to consult with the country’s indigenous peoples who make up more than half the […]
Historic public hearing to take place in Guatemala City The Guatemalan Constitutional Court will hold a public hearing on the constitutionality of the country’s mining law today, July 20 in Guatemala City. Buses coming from […]
Traducido del inglés para Rebelión por Germán Leyens Fuente: Toward Freedom Cada agujero de bala en los postes de alumbrado en el centro de Asunción, Paraguay, cuenta una historia. Algunos de ellos son de guerras civiles […]
“The people see me as the President. The coup leader Franco has perhaps formal control over the army and police, but that does not mean that he can control the population. And basically we believe that the people are sovereign to decide who should be president.” – Fernando Lugo
Impunity and split memory in Chile were highlighted on June 10, 2012 with the screening of Documental Pinochet at Teatro Caupolican.
Ecuador’s judicial system is being used by the authorities to clamp down on indigenous and campesino leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting against projects that will affect […]
Source: The Progressive The Newmont Mining Corporation, based in Colorado, has embroiled itself in a controversial project in northern Peru that locals say threatens their water and their future. Peasants and workers in the region […]
From July 7 to July 14, Rights Action facilitated an 8-day road trip through Guatemala, leading a group of 18 Canadian and American citizens concerned about health and environmental harms and other human rights violations […]
Source: InSight Crime Since the “Northern Triangle” of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala emerged as the main corridor for US-bound drugs, it has become one of the deadliest places in the world to be a […]
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