Source: The Nation As mass mobilizations sweep Guatemala and Honduras, the US prepares its usual response: Send in the military. Street protests over “corruption” in Latin America are often expressly reactionary. Very similar to Tea […]
Source: TeleSUR English Communities condemn the corporate sell-off of land for mining extraction and the creation of a “transnational dictatorship” in Honduras. Indigenous people in Honduras are protesting an international conference on mining in the […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Beginning as an elite construction rather than a popular attitude, the widespread vilification of Haitians began under the brutal Trujillo dictatorship. On Wednesday June 17, the deadline for Haitian […]
Source: Al Jazeera Upcoming elections likely to attract renewed skepticism of Washington’s fresh approach to Caracas For a couple of months I have noted the unprecedented diplomatic thaw between the U.S. and Venezuela. Now it […]
The indigenous Wounaan people are some of the latest to feel the effects of the displacement that characterizes Colombia’s armed conflict.
From May 2nd to May 9th the Zapatistas hosted a tribute to fallen comrades, a celebration of resistance, and a seminar to “provoke thought, reflection, critique.” Comandanta Dalia as well as other compañeras took a moment to remind us of the struggles they have faced as Zapatista women and to share some of the strategies they are putting to practice to help young people understand “that they shouldn’t live exploited by the capitalist system.”
The Pasión River in northern Guatemala is a disaster area. Beginning on June 6, residents along the river in the municipality of Sayaxché, Peten, began to find millions of fish, their primary source of food and income, floating dead in the river. […]
Source: The First Look The Hillary Clinton emails released last week include some telling exchanges about the June 2009 military coup that toppled democratically elected Honduran president Manuel Zelaya, a leftist who was seen as a […]
Source: The Guardian Unlimited Being ignored by the president will not stop Qom activist Félix Díaz from camping out in Buenos Aires with demands for government officials Félix Díaz stands before a line of colourful […]
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