Traducido del inglés para Rebelión por Germán Leyens Fuente: Toward Freedom Cada agujero de bala en los postes de alumbrado en el centro de Asunción, Paraguay, cuenta una historia. Algunos de ellos son de guerras civiles […]
“The people see me as the President. The coup leader Franco has perhaps formal control over the army and police, but that does not mean that he can control the population. And basically we believe that the people are sovereign to decide who should be president.” – Fernando Lugo
Impunity and split memory in Chile were highlighted on June 10, 2012 with the screening of Documental Pinochet at Teatro Caupolican.
Ecuador’s judicial system is being used by the authorities to clamp down on indigenous and campesino leaders in what appears to be a deliberate attempt to prevent them from protesting against projects that will affect […]
Source: The Progressive The Newmont Mining Corporation, based in Colorado, has embroiled itself in a controversial project in northern Peru that locals say threatens their water and their future. Peasants and workers in the region […]
From July 7 to July 14, Rights Action facilitated an 8-day road trip through Guatemala, leading a group of 18 Canadian and American citizens concerned about health and environmental harms and other human rights violations […]
Source: InSight Crime Since the “Northern Triangle” of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala emerged as the main corridor for US-bound drugs, it has become one of the deadliest places in the world to be a […]
El papel de Ottawa en la guerra permanente contra el pueblo de México Fuente: SubVersiones Ciudad Juárez, México. La música es fuerte y el bar está bien abastecido. Me siento tímidamente con una lata de […]
Fuente: Waging Nonviolence Mientras el conflicto sobre las reformas propuestas a la carrera del Magisterio y las escuelas normales se polariza, la policía desalojó violentamente a los estudiantes que protestaban del Parque de la Industria […]
What lies behind today’s headlines, political fights and struggles for justice in Paraguay is a conflict over access to land; land is power and money for the elites, survival and dignity for the poor, and has been at the center of major political and social battles in Paraguay for decades. In order to understand the crisis in post-coup Paraguay it’s necessary to grasp the political weight of the nation’s soil.
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