El Salvador Free Trade Zone Plan Sparks Debate
Debates around foreign investment, development, and sovereignty, colored by a long history of neoliberalism and U.S. imperialism, are heating up in El Salvador. […]
Central America
Pajulies Under Attack: Hydroelectric Company Bypasses Resistance by Military Force
For over a year, community members have denounced state violence and criminalization targeting their peaceful resistance to the Hidrocep project. […]
Honduran Activist Framed for Vandalism Faces Ongoing Misinformation Campaign
Honduran youth activist Eduardo Enrique Urbina Ayala continues to be the target of state misinformation months after he fled the country fearing for his safety. […]
Canada’s Deadly Diplomacy and the Plight of Political Prisoners in Honduras
It’s time for Canada to condemn the real perpetrators of violence in Honduras and take a stand for the rights of political prisoners like Edwin Espinal. […]
Honduras: Military Intelligence Behind Assassinations, Tortures, and Forced Disappearances
The ex-captain of the Armed Forces, Santos Orellana Rodríguez, says that active intelligence and counterintelligence units are currently receiving direct orders from President Juan Orlando Hernández. […]
Demanding Justice: Indigenous Women from Guatemala Battle Canadian Mining Giant
Land defenders make history by challenging Hudbay Minerals in court. […]
‘There Is No Democracy Here’: Corruption Rigs Honduran Politics for the Powerful
Honduras’s elections debacle is just the face of a failed democracy in urgent need of transformation to close a long crisis brought on by the 2009 U.S.-backed coup. […]
Honduran Youth Rally Against Fraud and Dictatorship: Interview
Anti-corruption movement leader, congressional candidate, and self-described centrist Gabriela Blen speaks about youth participation as accumulated outrage boils over in Honduras. […]
Honduran Police Refuse to Repress Protesters as Doubt Cast on Election Results
“We cannot repress the people,” one masked COBRAS officer told Upside Down World. “This isn’t a political issue, but yes we are with the people because it is unjust what is happening.” […]
Central America: ‘We’re Facing an Unprecedented Calamity’
Climate scientist Chris Castro told me that the Central American northern triangle, right where Texiguat is located, is “ground zero” for global warming’s impact in the Americas. […]