(IPS) – En su lucha por encontrarlas y en trámites judiciales con ese fin, las madres de las mujeres desaparecidas en México empeñan hasta sus vidas con tal de lograr justicia. Además de la negligencia […]
American neoconservatives are pushing absurd theories of a nefarious alliance between Iran, Hezbollah, and Latin America. Their outlandish tales would be humorous if the implications were not so dire. Source: Al Akhbar If you’re an […]
The Dinant Corporation and subsidiaries of the Jaremar Corporation, both Honduran African palm oil corporations blamed by campesino movements for the murder of approximately 80 campesinos in the Aguan river valley region since the June 2009 military coup, have received millions of dollars from the World Bank since the coup. Since January 2010, Dinant security forces have been accused of participation in death squad activities and are likely responsible for the murder of approximately 80 campesino land rights activists and bystanders.
Fifteen members of Earth’s most threatened tribe have made an unprecedented visit to Brazil’s capital to urge the government to evict illegal invaders and protect their land. The Awá’s three-day journey took them from the […]
Called “Freeing Hope,” this caravan of 38 mothers — which began on October 15 and ended on November 3 — traveled through El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and across what is known as the “Migrant’s Route” in Mexico. Although many of them have not been able to find their children, they drew attention from the media and authorities, spread awareness of migrants’ issues and put a face to the human rights’ violations that migrants are exposed to on their journeys.
El Salvador must finally deliver justice for a brutal massacre that took place three decades ago, Amnesty International urged today in an open letter to President Mauricio Funes, as families across the country are set […]
“We don’t need other people to speak for us any more. We have our own voice now,” Armando Kispe of Queta, a Kolla indigenous community, said enthusiastically at the Pachakuti radio station. Radio Pachakuti is the first indigenous station to be licensed under the media law that was passed by the Argentine Congress three years ago and which is designed to guarantee access to the media by all segments of society and fight the growing concentration of media ownership by limiting the number of broadcasting licenses in the hands of media giants.
Source: War Times While Obama’s stance toward Latin America has been far from progressive – recognizing coup governments of Honduras and Paraguay; signing free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and Peru; and dragging feet on […]
Indigenous communities across the globe are plagued by corporate encroachment on their communal lands. In Mexico, the corporate takeover of communal territory and subsequent exploitation of natural resources has led to strong resistance movements. In Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Ikoots people of Oaxaca are fighting the installations of vast corporate wind farms on their communally owned land.
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