Iván Cepeda wrote to United Nations Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon in February about Colombia’s Argos cement corporation. Colombian congressperson Cepeda, who leads the MOVICE human rights group, was testifying as to the dangers of corporate […]
Since the June 2009 military coup against the democratically elected government of Honduras , the country – now ruled by an illegitimate, repressive regime – has become known as: · The murder capital of the […]
Source: Alliance for Global Justice The International Network in Solidarity with the Political Prisoners (of which The Alliance for Global Justice is a co-founder) has just received the wonderful news that labor activist, human rights […]
(IPS) – The police have cracked down hard on demonstrators in the southern Chilean region of Aysén, who have been protesting the area’s isolation and high local prices of fuel and food for the past […]
Source: IndigenousNews.org A long-running case involving Manu Ginobili of the NBA (National Basketball Association) and the Mapuche community of Paichil Antriao (located in Argentina) made its way back into the Argentine press this week. The […]
Source: Survival Peru’s uncontacted Mashco-Piro tribe is facing the very real threat of being exploited by ‘human safaris’, according to British newspaper The Observer. Last month, Survival released detailed photos of the tribe, to draw […]
According to internal company emails published by WikiLeaks, Austin-based intelligence firm Stratfor’s Vice President stated that in the past Washington would have assassinated the Presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela. “Back in the day, we would […]
(IPS) – “Perhaps it’s the curse of Rondônia,” joked Ari Ott, referring to teething troubles with the first turbine of the Santo Antônio hydroelectric plant which was intended to kick off a new cycle of […]
Since the June 2009 coup d’état that overthrew Honduras’ democratically-elected president, the Honduran police and military have engaged in systematic threats and violence against campesinos, human rights defenders, journalists, community leaders, opposition activists and others. […]
On February 14th, the ESMAD (riot police) violently removed fish-people, small scale miners, day workers and campesinos that were legally residing along the Magdalena River in Domingo Arias in Paicol which resulted in the brutalizing […]
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