Anti-Dam Resistance Faces Death and Detention in Guerrero, Mexico
State-sponsored violence against anti-dam movement leaves a trail of blood and arbitrary arrests. […]
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Two Workers Assassinated in Mexico: NAFTA Renegotiation Is More Important Now Than Ever
The murders occurred just five hours south of Mexico City, where representatives from the United States, Canada and Mexico are in the midst of their fifth round of talks about rewriting NAFTA. […]
With TPS Elimination Looming, a Painful Prospect for Central American Migrants
The elimination of TPS would affect more people than the recent termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. […]
Canadian Mining Continues to Trample on Human Rights in Latin America Under Trudeau
Parliamentary hearings on the extractive industry in Latin America are nothing more than a ruse to create the illusion that Canada is concerned about human rights. […]
Criminalizing Resistance: Militarization, Murder, and Extractivism in Chiapas
The struggle faced by mining communities in Chiapas illustrates the important nexus between global capitalist expansion, state investment in security initiatives, and increasing violence and human rights abuses. […]
Time to Declare War on the US ‘War on Drugs’ in Latin America
For the countries lucky enough to be located in the U.S.’s “backyard,” the drug menace has justified all manner of militarization, arms sales, and support for right-wing governments and movements. […]
From Social Movements to ‘Other’ Societies in Movement – Part 1
Six characteristics of resistance challenging the capitalist, patriarchal, extractivist hegemony in Latin America. […]
Mexico’s Drug War and Neoliberal Energy Reforms Could Be Good for Business, Especially Mercenary Companies
What do Exxon Mobil, Halliburton, Blackwater and Mexico’s Zetas have in common? Providing “security” to expand capitalism’s frontiers. […]
Grassroots Action Confronts Impunity Three Years After Ayotzinapa
Official numbers suggest over 30,000 people have been disappeared in Mexico since 2006; victims groups say the actual total could be six to nine times higher. […]