Betraying Memory in Chile: Documental Pinochet’s Manipulation of History
Impunity and split memory in Chile were highlighted on June 10, 2012 with the screening of Documental Pinochet at Teatro Caupolican.
Year: 2012
Ecuador: Authorities Misuse Judicial System to Stop Protests
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 […]
Peruvians Face Off Against Newmont Mining
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 […]
The Faces of Resistance to Mining Injustice Across Guatemala
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 […]
How the Drug Trade Fuels Femicide in Central America
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 […]
Canadá impulsa el poder policial en México
El papel de Ottawa en la guerra permanente contra el pueblo de México Fuente: SubVersiones Ciudad Juárez, México. La música es fuerte y el bar está bien abastecido. Me siento tímidamente con una lata de […]
Desalojos no detendrán la lucha contra la Privatización de la Educación en Guatemala
Fuente: Waging Nonviolence Mientras el conflicto sobre las reformas propuestas a la carrera del Magisterio y las escuelas normales se polariza, la policía desalojó violentamente a los estudiantes que protestaban del Parque de la Industria […]
A Coup Over Land: The Resource War Behind Paraguay’s Crisis
What lies behind today’s headlines, political fights and struggles for justice in Paraguay is a conflict over access to land; land is power and money for the elites, survival and dignity for the poor, and has been at the center of major political and social battles in Paraguay for decades. In order to understand the crisis in post-coup Paraguay it’s necessary to grasp the political weight of the nation’s soil.
Colombia and Mexico: Drug War Capitalism
In both the United States and Canada there have been sustained grassroots efforts to spotlight the unjust mass incarceration and criminalization of poor people, and especially poor people of color, for drug-related arrests. But there has been too little analysis about the reasons behind and mechanisms of this war, and its economic impact on Mexico and beyond.
Guatemalan Femicide: The Legacy of Repression and Injustice
One generally overlooked feature of the Guatemalan government and military’s 36-year (1960-96) genocidal counterinsurgency campaign against the country’s Mayan population is the strategy of targeting women with violence.