Month: June 2015
Miguel Facussé is dead: What does that mean for the people of Honduras?
Source: Tico Times This Sunday, Hondurans will mark the 6th anniversary of a military coup that catapulted the Central American nation into becoming the region’s murder capital – with targeted killings of journalists, political activists […]
Fracking Expands Under the Radar on Mexican Lands
“People don’t know what ‘fracking’ is and there is little concern about the issue because it’s not visible yet,” said Gabino Vicente, a delegate of one of the municipalities in southern Mexico where exploration for unconventional gas is forging ahead. […]
With White House Bid Underway, Clinton Role in Honduras Coup Raises Key Concerns
Source: Common Dreams State Department’s role in 2009 Honduras coup makes Clinton’s “campaign-season progressive rhetoric seem hollow” During her time as Secretary of State, presidential candidate and former first lady Hillary Clinton engaged in the […]
Evo Morales Greenlights TIPNIS Road, Oil and Gas Extraction in Bolivia’s National Parks
On May 20, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued Supreme Decree 2366, opening up Bolivia’s national parks—which are protected under the Constitution as ecological reserves—to oil and gas extraction. Just two weeks later, Morales proclaimed that his on-again, off-again plan to build a highway through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory in the Bolivian Amazon will finally be realized.
Mexico’s Grassroots Caravans for Water, Land, Work and Life
The three contingents of the Caravan in Defense of Water, of the Land, and of Work and Life converged in Mexico City on May 22. The Yaqui tribe led the caravans, heading out May 11, to traverse the entire country from three routes: northwest, northeast and the south. When they arrived at their destination, their numbers had swelled with hundreds of grassroots activists from many different causes, organizations and locations. […]
We Regret to Inform You That in 4 Days You and Your Family Will Be Deported to Haiti
Source: The Nation Last week, I wrote that the Dominican Republic has summarily stripped over a hundred thousand Dominicans born in the DR of Haitian parents of their citizenship and is threatening to deport them […]
Roger Burbach, Presente!
Roger Burbach passed away in Berkeley, California, on March 5 at the age of 70. The Latin Americanist academic, author and activist would have turned 71 on June 18.
Women Behind Bars: The Human Cost of Current Drug Policy in the Americas
Source: Truthout Across Latin America, the effects of disproportionate punishment for low-level, non-violent drug offenses are particularly severe for women. To shed light on this issue, WOLA has created a photo essay to show the […]
What is Peru’s biggest environmental conflict right now?
Source: The Guardian Unlimited José de Echave, from Lima-based NGO CooperAccion, talks about the proposed Tia Maria copper mine. US company Newmont’s proposed Conga gold mine, perhaps, or the 40-odd year old oil concession that […]