Source: NACLA Cuba is rightly known worldwide for its many acts of humanitarian internationalism, exemplified by its numerous medical missions across the world. However, one of Cuba’s greatest accomplishments has often been neglected in most […]
Source: CISPES On Monday, September 30, the Archbishop of San Salvador José Luis Escobar Alias shuttered the offices of the Archdiocese’s Tutela Legal, the historic defender of human rights that has served as a platform […]
Source: Honduras Culture and Politics Honduran news media today published reports based on the latest CID Gallup poll, of a sample of 1220 voters surveyed between September 6 and 12. Reuters reported only that Xiomara […]
Inatoy Sidsagi and his cousin Esteban Herrera, from the indigenous Kuna Yala (also known as Guna Yala) nation in Panama, make up the indigenous rap group Kunarevolution. They rap about Mother Earth and the Kuna’s […]
A new paper by Survival International Director, Stephen Corry, exposes serious flaws behind the long-standing claims that the Yanomami tribe of the Amazon are ‘fierce’ and violent. The paper was published earlier this month by […]
Source: La Jornada How can one not think about what happened in Acteal 16 years ago, when one sees the caravan of displaced people reaching this emblematic site, accompanied by the melancholy music of Tzotzil […]
The remarkable Ecuadorian proposal to leave about 900 million barrels of heavy crude in the ground in exchange for international contributions amounting to about half its value, was recently abandoned by President Rafael Correa. The […]
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT Massacre in San Jose Nacahuil: Whoever is responsible, Minister López Bonilla should be removed. Enough of the total inability to ensure security! After months of threats against community members of San […]
(IPS) – Reported U.S. spying on Brazil’s Petrobras oil firm revived the controversy over opening up the company, a symbol of Brazilian sovereignty since the 1950s, to foreign investment. “The oil is ours” was the […]
Source: The Guardian Dilma Rousseff snubs Barack Obama, saying planned visit cannot take place ‘in the absence of a timely investigation’ The Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, snubbed Barack Obama on Tuesday by postponing an official […]
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