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Written by José Carlos Lezcano translated by Jordan Bishop
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Monday, 12 October 2015 06:27 |
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The mobilizations under the slogan #UnaNoTeCalles (UNA don’t be silent) have led to the removal of a large part of the corrupt hierarchy of the National University of Asunción (UNA); a hierarchy of university administration, and corrupt authorities tied to the old superstructure of power.
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Written by Beverly Bell
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Tuesday, 06 October 2015 19:37 |
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 "Without our lands, we cease to be a people. Our lands and identities are critical to our lives, our waters, our forests, our culture, our global commons, our territories. For us, the struggle for our territories and our commons and our natural resources is of primary importance to preserve ourselves as a people." - Miriam Miranda, coordinator of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras
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Written by Ramor Ryan
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Friday, 02 October 2015 07:21 |
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 On the night of October 2, 1968, 10 days before the Olympics in Mexico, Mexican security forces opened fire on a student demonstration in Tlatelolco plaza, killing and wounding hundreds of protesters. In a state of complete impunity, nobody from the ruling administration or the military was ever held accountable. Paco Taibo’s brilliant novel Calling All Heroes is placed in the aftermath of the massacre and is about coping with political tragedy.
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Written by Zapatistas
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Wednesday, 30 September 2015 20:36 |
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 It is once again made clear that truth and justice will never, ever come from above. From above the only thing we can expect is pretense, deceit, impunity, and cynicism.
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Written by Laura Carlsen
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015 20:07 |
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 “Tell us the truth about what you find, even though it hurts, make sure it’s the truth.” -Families of the 43 Disappeared Students of Ayotzinapa to the Group of Experts
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Written by Jeff Abbott
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Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:11 |
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 The movement against corruption has called for a new round of demonstrations following the elections. For them there is an understanding that the resignation of Otto Pérez Molina was only the beginning of a larger movement.
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Written by Ollantay Itzamná
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Sunday, 13 September 2015 18:50 |
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 Now that the corrupt criminal ringleaders have already been identified and arrested or imprisoned, will the anti-corruption heroes reveal the names of the fraudster corporate leaders who head and make up the corrupt criminal network?
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Written by Emily Achtenberg
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Tuesday, 08 September 2015 21:38 |
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 As the NGOs and their defenders have noted, far from advancing an imperialist agenda and undermining national sovereignty, these organizations have consistently championed the interests of Bolivia’s most disadvantaged sectors and challenged government policies that privilege foreign entities.
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Written by Raúl Zibechi
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Thursday, 08 October 2015 08:42 |
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 The biggest problem facing a project like the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South America (IIRSA) is that major investments in infrastructure without strategic definitions can lead to carrying out projects for the sake of carrying them out. This only benefits big business and the large central states of the region, not small countries or communities.
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Written by Dawn Paley
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Monday, 05 October 2015 08:33 |
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 The impact of the forced disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa normal school cannot be underestimated. It sparked the largest crisis of legitimacy the Mexican government has faced since the war on drugs began in December 2006.
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Written by Lawrence Maxwell
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Thursday, 01 October 2015 06:51 |
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 "Your human rights stops with us,” we were told. That is the essence of a State that is beyond the rule of law. The entire country is being held hostage by a diverse group of tie-wearing and non-tie-wearing gangsters, with weapons and a lot of political influence.
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Written by Jeff Abbott
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Thursday, 24 September 2015 13:35 |
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 A Guatemalan judge has ordered the oil palm company Reforestadora Palma de Petén S.A. (REPSA), to suspend operations at their Sayaxché palm plantation, pending an investigation into the environmental disaster in the Pasión River, which led to the death of millions of fish in May and June of 2015. Sayaxché community leader Roberto Lima Choc was assassinated the day after the judicial order.
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Written by Carmelo Ruiz
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Monday, 21 September 2015 14:56 |
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 "Our research work is socially relevant from any viewpoint. So far this year, CEDIB, CEDLA, Milenio, and Tierra probably also, have been mentioned as reliable sources in studies in and out of the country. We present the country’s economic, political and environmental situation in a nuanced way, things the government does not want to show or debate." - Marco Antonio Gandarillas, executive director of CEDIB.
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Written by Armando Carmona
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Thursday, 17 September 2015 08:09 |
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 In Paraguay, the #somosobservadores campaign is moving forward with its campaign to bring attention to the victims of the Curuguaty massacre, a violent attack on farmworkers by special operations police forces that occurred three years ago in June of 2012.
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Written by Raúl Zibechi
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Thursday, 10 September 2015 09:00 |
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 “Today we inaugurate a new phase in bilateral relations concerning defense. With the two operative agreements, we lay out a positive agenda of advances in military and technological cooperation between the two countries,” Brazilian Defense Minister Jaques Wagner stated, after a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter at the Pentagon.
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Written by Jeff Abbott
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Thursday, 03 September 2015 21:35 |
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 After nearly 21 consecutive weeks of protests, the administration of Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has finally unraveled. At 1am in the morning on September 3, the President’s spokesman, Jorge Ortega made the announcement that the embattled President had officially resigned.
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