Ottawa’s increased support of the Mexican army comes as the number of dead in the drug war, now in its seventh year, continues to rise. “We’re talking about 100,000 dead. Those are official figures, and then there are those that have been killed more recently—the war continues, like in the case of Michoacán, we have no idea how many dead there are,” said Javier Sicilia. “There are no trustworthy numbers of the dead or disappeared.”
The URNG must stop being the classic barely-supported left party and become a horizontal political tool for all organized and unorganized sectors of Guatemala who dream of structural changes. The agendas and ancestral knowledge of the indigenous peoples should be incorporated into its speeches and practices. In Guatemala, indigenous peoples, like all other excluded people, live without a State and without rights. The URNG should raise and undertake the urgent task of rebuilding Guatemala.
Not everyone who calls themselves anarchists are worthy of the name. Before expressing our solidarity, we should be clear who it is we are supporting.
Colombia’s government is failing to address the country’s critical human rights situation said Amnesty International on Tuesday ahead of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ annual review of the country. For example, most paramilitary groups have not been effectively disbanded despite their supposed demobilization in a government-sponsored process that began in 2005. They are still responsible for multiple human rights violations, often acting in collusion with elements of the security forces.
Source: Aporrea.org A group of thirty six Venezuelan human rights activists offer their views on the guarantee of human rights in the current protests. Analysing the overall situation, they argue that there is a purposeful […]
Source: Alianza Arkana Blog Peru was selected to host the COP 20 this December, which many consider to be the paramount meeting on global climate change strategy. Yet only recently, the Peruvian Minister of Energy […]
Stopping the planned eradication in the VRAE and replacing it with an effective anti-drug trafficking deterrent is now one of the most important decisions to be made.
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