Over the next months, Rights Action will cover the “elections” in Guatemala, that will, once again, legitimize a repressive, military-backed, ‘open for global business’ regime as a “democratic allie” of the U.S. and Canadian-led “international community”, including the World Bank and many global businesses, banks and investors.

Rights Action is co-sponsoring this webinar, and invites all to join the discussion with Ben Norton, Eliana Carlin Ronquillo, Yves Engler and Kirsten Francescone on the uprising in Peru and the role of Canada and the U.S.

The Witness for Peace Solidarity Collective is kicking off a divestment campaign related to Aura Minerals and its U.S.-partner companies Asahi Refining USA and Auramet.

"It is with great sadness and a cry for justice that we denounce today's murders of Guapinol community human rights defenders and fathers Aly Domínguez and Jairo Bonilla. Aly, brother of our comrade Reynaldo Dominguez, is also one of 32 people criminalized by the mining company Inversiones Los Pinares and the State of Honduras for defending the Carlos Escaleras National Park against their illegal mining project."

Coup d’etat in Peru, December 7, 2022. Illegitimate, military-backed government takes power. Various regions of the country are militarized. Over 50 protesters have been killed so far, and counting.

Take Action: Support U.S. Congress member Bush's Resolution in solidarity with rights of Garifuna people in Honduras

Chixoy International Financial Institution Reparations Act of 2022
In December 2022, U.S. Members of Congress Jesús García, Jan Schakowsky, Ilhan Omar, Mark Pocan and Raúl Grijalva introduced the “Chixoy International Financial Institution Reparations Act of 2022”.

"To allow any of them to pass into the comfort of forgetting would be utterly obscene."
(Lawrence Thornton, Imagining Argentina)

28 Years, Supporting One Community Defense, Human Rights, Justice Struggle at a Time

It has been nearly one year since Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’s new president. Her inauguration in January marked the end of a brutal 12-year period of rule by the U.S.-[and Canadian] backed, right-wing National Party, which first came to power after the 2009 U.S.-[and Canadian] backed coup that overthrew Castro’s husband, the leftist President Manuel Zelaya.