By Alejandra Garcia on September 10, 2024
Peruvian Fishers on the contaminated shore at Pasamayo. Unable to fish and lacking compensation. Photo: Leslie Moreno Custodio / Diálogo Chino.
The panorama of large portions of the Peruvian coastline is desolate. What used to be rich fishing regions and the livelihood of dozens of indigenous communities and citizens in the country, is today a scene of death since the spill of more than 11 thousand barrels of oil at the maritime terminal La Pampilla, of the Spanish oil company Repsol, two years later. (more…)
September 10, 2024
Photo: La Via Campesina
On this International Day of Action Against the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Free Trade Agreements (FTA), organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United States – Family Farm Defenders, Farmworker Association of Florida, National Family Farm Coalition, National Farmers Union of Canada, and Union Paysanne- recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies. (more…)
September 8, 2024
graphic: Vicman, Venezuela News
Yesterday, in the evening hours, the executive vice-president of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, informed that Edmundo González, former opposition presidential candidate, left the country for the Kingdom of Spain after a personal and voluntary request for political asylum. (more…)
September 8, 2024, Santiago de Chile
Impunity Never! photo: Prensa Latina
Thousands of Chileans marched on Sunday to pay homage to the victims of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, on the 51st anniversary of the coup d’état against the Popular Unity Government of former President Salvador Allende. (more…)
By Mariana Bermudez on September 7, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 5, the International Day of Indigenous Women is commemorated with the intention of making visible and sensitizing the population about the problems and inequalities they face every day in their contexts. (more…)
By Vijay Prashad on September 7, 2024
Protest calling for the release of Daniel Jadue. Photo: Jadue Libre campaign
Daniel Jadue, the former mayor of Recoleta (a part of Santiago, Chile), opens the door to his modest home. It is late in the evening. He is as hospitable as ever, despite the fact that he looks tired after his 91 days in captivity at the Capitán Yáber prison annex. (more…)
By Carmen Parejo Rendón on September 7, 2024
University of the Mothers (UNMA) closed by Argentine National Police, photo: X / @PCArgentino
Argentina woke up on September 2 with the University of the Mothers (UNMA) fenced off and surrounded by members of the national police, who prevented workers from accessing the center. (more…)
Edited by Ed Newman on September 6, 2024 from Havana
Journalist Ignacio Ramonet has sent an open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, arguing that he should exclude Cuba from the list of States sponsoring terrorism. (more…)