News Briefs

Source: Latin America Press Peasants and defenders of the land suffer harassment by judicial authorities thanks to legal tools developed to favor economic power. Since the beginning of the present century, social conflicts about mining […]

Source: Truthout The indigenous Mayan communities of Guatemala have historically been given few judicial outlets, national or international, to seek justice for human rights violations at the hands of multinational companies operating in their territory. […]

Source: Counterpunch The epic life of Hugo Blanco requires an epic introduction. None could do better than Eduardo Galeano: “Hugo Blanco was born for the first time in Cuzco, 1934. He arrived in Peru, a […]

(IPS) – Although they do not specifically target women, social policies like family allowances and pensions have improved the lives of women in Latin America, the region that has made the biggest strides so far […]

Source: New Republic Alejandro Guevara hasn’t slept. There was a death in La Maraña, and Guevara, the vice president of the community environmental association, spent the night at the wake. Still, he doesn’t skip a […]

Source: Al Jazeera In modifying its constitution, Honduras’ hypocrisy is world-class. Last month, the Honduran Supreme Court ruled that Article 239 of the national constitution was no longer applicable. The article prohibited the re-election of […]

The indiscipline among American contractors in Colombia sets a disturbing example Source: Al Jazeera On Aug. 26, 2007, Olga Lucia Castillo’s two daughters went into the Zona Rosa in Melgar, Colombia, to buy food. Her younger […]

PEC 215, a proposed amendment to Brazil’s constitution, threatens to make worse the already fragile plight of the country’s impoverished indigenous communities Source: The Guardian From downtown São Paulo, the Pico do Jaraguá – the […]

Source: Toronto Media Co-op On April 30, 2015, the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network joined with over 50 marchers in Toronto’s Financial District to greet Goldcorp head executives and […]

Source: teleSUR   Doctors, scientists and environmentalists in Argentina and across Latin America are demanding a ban on Monsanto products. Over 30,000 doctors and health professionals in Argentina are the latest to add their voice […]