We recommend reading the article below by Pamela Yates.
Read moreEl Periodico newspaper shut down in Guatemala, its director jailed on malicious charges →
“It has been 30 years of struggle against corruption and impunity, against governmental abuses and terrorism,
in favor of freedom transparency and accountability” (El Periodico director Ruben Zamora, final editorial, written from prison cell)
Garifuna Land & Rights Defender Receiving Death Threats in Honduras →
In the 1990s, Alfredo spent over 6 years as a political prisoner in Honduran jails for his work and activism in defense of Garifuna land and human rights, threated by corrupt, violent for-export African palm producers and international tourism operators.
Read moreLawsuit Filed in Canada Against Barrick Gold, for Killings, Torture and Violence at Barrick Mine Site in Tanzania →
Rights Action is heartened to see this lawsuit filed in Canada, against Barrick Gold, 2nd largest gold mining company in the world. Meanwhile, we continue with our support for the Maya Q’eqchi’ plaintiffs in the landmark Hudbay Minerals lawsuits, first filed in 2010, trying to hold Hudbay accountable in Ontario, Canada courts for mining-linked violence in Guatemala.
Read moreLa Puya Mining Resistance Struggle Webinar, December 6 →
Rights Action encourages folks to attend this webinar with the La Puya resistance struggle in Guatemala.
Read morePodcasts with Harsha Walia, author of Border & Rule, and Grahame Russell, co-editor of Testimonio →
We recommend two recent podcast episodes from Writing the Coast: BC & Yukon Book Prizes podcast.
Read moreSupport the Garifuna Community in Honduras this #Giving Tuesday →
Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday. This year we are fundraising to support OFRANEH and the Garifuna land defenders and people in Honduras.
Read moreTo begin to solve the Haitian situation, the imperialist west - led by US, France, Canada - must stop backing White Warlords in Haiti →
“In colonial times, 30,000 white slavers in Saint-Domingue (Haiti) had no chance of survival among 450 000 enslaved Africans, unless they benefited from the unflinching support of the armies of France, Britain, or Spain. This was the slavers’ real source of power and dominance.”
Read moreU.S. Government Sanctions Swiss-based Solway Investment Group for Corruption in Operation of Fenix Nickel Mine in Guatemala →
“U.S. sanctions Solway executives, for running "multiple bribery schemes over the years involving Guatemalan politicians, judges and officials..." and "illegally giving cash payments to public officials in exchange for support of […] mining interests."
Read moreWho is the woman with the gun, attacking - with the Guatemalan police - a Q'eqchi' villager from El Estor? →
This aggression was apparently carried out on behalf of the palm company Naturaceites and the Swiss mining company Solway Investment Group, and its subsidiary CGN.
Below: Prensa Comunitaria article
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