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 […]
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 […]
Source: Reuters The World Health Organization on Tuesday declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child. The WHO said in a statement that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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