Honduras, the Deadliest Country in the World for Environmental Defenders, Is About to Get Deadlier
Honduras is set to classify protesting as a form of terrorism, putting activists in the crosshairs. […]
Month: September 2017
Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Takes David vs. Goliath Battle with Newmont Mining to US Court
A Peruvian Indigenous campesina brave enough to stand up to one the world’s biggest mining companies and its human rights averse security just might make Latin America safer for environmental defenders. […]
Los defensores del agua guatemaltecos y la lucha por liberar sus ríos
Dado que la ley guatemalteca prohibe que se retire sin autorización el agua de los ríos, las comunidades afectadas consideran que sus ríos han sido “secuestrados” por las corporaciones. Pero las comunidades están luchando para liberarlos. […]
Ecuador: Digging Free of Poverty
In Ecuador, the Left is torn between urgent development needs and the costs of natural resource extraction. […]
Grassroots Action Confronts Impunity Three Years After Ayotzinapa
Official numbers suggest over 30,000 people have been disappeared in Mexico since 2006; victims groups say the actual total could be six to nine times higher. […]
How Manufactured Economic Crisis in Brazil Paved Way for a Soft Coup
History repeats itself: economic destabilization in Brazil to spur a neoliberal conservative revival mirrors similar meddling in Allende’s Chile and present-day Venezuela. […]
Where is Santiago Maldonado? History, Context, and Political Analysis of a Forced Disappearance
In this interview with Amador Fernández-Savater, Diego Sztulwark discusses the Argentinian and international context of Maldonado’s disappearance, as well as its broader political implications. […]
Will Lenin Moreno Champion Food Sovereignty in Ecuador in Ways Rafael Correa Didn’t?
Social movements were disappointed after former President Correa altered land and seed laws in order to permit land grabs and GMOs. […]
Guatemalans Wage Nonviolent Resistance Against Crisis Created by a Criminal State
Indignation is flowing into the streets again in Guatemala, and protesters demand that President Jimmy Morales and his accomplices in Congress put an end to impunity. […]
Brazil’s Left Searches for a Path Out of the Political Crisis
If Brazil’s left aims to be effective beyond electoral purposes, base-building must be paired with politicizing efforts so that the masses can become political subjects, rather than just political objects. […]