Year: 2014
Remains Believed to Be Those of Murdered Indigenous Leader Found in Peru
Source: Telesur English Four indigenous leaders were killed in September whilst protecting their lands from loggers. On Monday, what is believed to be the skull of Jorge Ríos, perforated by a bullet, was found in […]
World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute
A multilateral arbitration panel in Washington, DC began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. […]
Mayan Q’eqchí Communities Violently Evicted in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
“The government has declared us terrorists, but we’re not the terrorists,” said Telma Cabrera, a Committee for Campesino Development representative. “When they (the government) responds to the demands of the people, they respond with violence. And what peace is there when the government responds with violence?”
Uruguay: Deepening of progressivism or conservative break?
Source: Latinamerican Press Surveys indicate that the governing Frente Amplio and right-wing National Party would vie for the presidency in a second round. On October 26 Uruguayans will vote for a new president and choose […]
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ dry up
Source: Latin America Bureau Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of litres of water released as vapour clouds by Amazon rainforest trees is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change – leading […]
US Court Sets Precedent by Ruling Guatemalan Domestic Violence Victim Can Seek Asylum
Source: teleSUR The top U.S. immigration court ruled last month that women from other countries fleeing domestic violence and fearing for their lives can now legally seek asylum in the United States. The Board of […]
Film Review: ‘Revolutionary Medicine – A Story of the First Garifuna Hospital’
Rudolf Virchow, a German doctor and one of the founders of social medicine, once stated, “Medicine is politics writ large.” In telling the story of the first Garifuna hospital, Revolutionary Medicine renders this wisdom both tangible and feasible. It should be required viewing for all medical students around the world. And for the rest of us, amongst the increasingly marginalized 99 percent, Revolutionary Medicine should rekindle the oft-forlorn hope of a better, fairer world, in the purest vision of Marx.
Mayan People’s Movement Defeats Monsanto Law in Guatemala
On September 4th, after ten days of widespread street protests against the biotech giant Monsanto’s expansion into Guatemalan territory, groups of indigenous people joined by social movements, trade unions and farmer and women’s organizations won a victory when congress finally repealed the legislation that had been approved in June.