Source: The Americas Blog Members of the U.S. Congress are keeping a close watch on Honduras’ upcoming general elections. In June of this year, 24 U.S Senators signed a letter expressing concern about the human […]
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC ) is extremely concerned about the situation of workers’ rights at Starbucks in Chile. In October, as it announced record profits, the company rejected all Starbucks Workers´ Union demands, […]
Source: La W Radio The Colombian Foreign Ministry’s unlawful eavesdropping on academic research and official documents based on investigations into former contractors of Monsanto are part of the irregularities reported by the director of the […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com Earlier this month president Nicolas Maduro created a security body, the CESSPA, to coordinate information from intelligence organizations. Opposition spokespeople and private media have categorised the new body as “Castro-esque”, “dictatorial”, and “limiting […]
In October and November, Bolivian author and activist, Felix Muruchi will be speaking in the northeastern US and Chicago area about current process of social change. He is co-author with Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing […]
The government of Guatemala rejects obligation to fund Chixoy dam Reparations Plan, pretends to carry out government ‘community development’ projects. The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank remain silent about on-going suffering and the Guatemalan […]
Source: Rebelion At the invitation of the Jose Marti Valencian Association of Friendship with Cuba (Asociación Valenciana José Martí de Amistad con Cuba) and the Acontracorrent union, Jasmine Acosta and Hector Zabala are social activists […]
(IPS) – Some 50,000 files on crimes against humanity are languishing in an undisclosed location in El Salvador, prey to damp and the ravages of time, while activists and lawyers frantically try to regain control […]
At the World Bank public briefing and panel, “The Rise of the Middle Class,” held October 10 in Washington, D.C., World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Hasan Tuluy announced that “the […]
Dear Mr. President, In relation to the statements made by you in the weekly national address on Saturday September 28 and October 5 of this year related to the opposition to mining in Intag, I […]
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