Water Wars: El Salvador Social Movements Resist Water Privatization
El Salvador’s right-wing lawmakers and private business lobby are pushing to privatize water. Social movements are fighting to defend it. […]
Human Rights
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. […]
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. […]
Human Rights Under Siege: Interview with Honduran Rights Defender Bertha Oliva
As Honduras slides deeper into its worst crisis since the 2009 U.S.-backed coup, rights defender Bertha Oliva speaks about the state of human rights and the anti-democratic maneuvers that have set the stage the current crackdown. […]
In the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous People Deal with a Violent New World
An increase in attacks on Indigenous people has been matched by a rise in deforestation in protected areas. […]
A War by Other Means? Land Grabs and Forced Displacement of Indigenous Communities in Guatemala
The Guatemalan government is looking to crush any resistance to land grabs through a new law being proposed in Congress which will classify protests and highway blockades as a form of terrorism. […]
The State of the Brazilian Left
In order to understand present resistance to the coup government, it is important to look at how changes in the political economy have both weakened workers’ ability to organize and weakened elite support for a nationalist development project. […]
Honduran Indigenous Activist Battles Colonialism, Patriarchy, and Militarism with Sexual Diversity Education
A comrade of murdered Honduran leader Berta Cáceres talks about how he champions popular education on sexual diversity and body autonomy to smash taboos, blazing a trail in Central America of defending LGBTI rights in Indigenous spaces. […]