By Jonathan Cook on April 3rd, 2016
It might have been a moment that jolted Israelis to their senses. Instead the video of an Israeli soldier shooting dead a young Palestinian man as he lay wounded and barely able to move has only intensified the tribal war dance of the Israeli public. (more…)
Austra Bertha Flores Lopez vowed to keep fighting for justice for her daughter to break the wall of impunity in Honduras.
Berta Caceres with her mother, Austra Bertha Flores Lopez, together at their home in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras. | Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize
On the one month anniversary of the murder of renowned Honduran activist Berta Caceres, her mother wrote in a powerful open letter Sunday that the Honduran state is responsible for the heinous killing of her daughter, (more…)
March 31, 2016
Photo: Ismael Francisco
Bruno Rodriguez, Minister of Foreign Affairs (FM), stressed on Tuesday in a telephone interview with the public media of Ecuador that the lifting of the blockade should be a unilateral act of the United States. (more…)
Havana, Cuba, site of the peace talks, April 2, 2016
With deep concern, the Peace Delegation of the FARC-EP rejects the attempt of aggression against the spokeswoman of the Social and Political Movement Marcha Patriótica and warrior for Peace Piedad Cordoba Ruiz, on April 1 in the city of Quibdó, crowning a threatening paramilitary offensive across the country. (more…)
By W. T. Whitney on March 24, 2016
Paramilitaries and armed thugs have long sullied politics in Latin America, most notably in Colombia and recently in Honduras.
A recent increase in politically motivated killings in Colombia coincided with final preparations for signing a peace agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government, at war for 50 years. (more…)
April 3, 2016
Argentine President Mauricio Macri was among the leaders implicated in the offshore account scandal. | Photo: Reuters
The Panama Papers, leaked files analyzed by reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed how the rich use tax havens to hide their wealth. (more…)
April 2, 2016
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists, and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity denounces the serious coup attempt against President Dilma Rousseff at this crucial time and embraces her along with the hardworking and honest people of Brazil. (more…)
By Igor Fuser on March 31, 2016
It is necessary to warn all Brazilians, to inform them in a clear and objective way, so that even the waterfalls of the San Francisco River can understand, that: (more…)