Hitmen kill fifteen in massacre at Mexican carwash
Third massacre in just a few days renews pressure on President Felipe Calderón to stop violence.
Mexico’s drug cartels unleash a weekend of bloody violence
Gang kills 13 at drug rehab clinic in border town of Tijuana. High school students in Ciudad Juárez gunned down at birthday party.
Guatemala: officers must face trial
Amnesty International has called for Guatemalan officers, accused of extrajudicial executions, to be brought to trial. This follows the arrest this week of a former official in Switzerland.
Brazil: massacre of rural workers
The Catholic Church’s Pastoral Land Commission says 13 rural workers have been massacred in the Amazon. Their report has been ignored by the national press.
Guatemala: Another Trade Unionist Murdered
Trade Unionist murdered in Guatemala acts as a reminder of the dangers faced by union representatives.
Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Neoliberalism and a Militarized State
In an interview with La Jornada Michoacán, Daniela Morales talks to British academic, Peter Watt, who argues that neoliberal policies and the war on Mexican drug cartels are part of the same project; to maintain a weak democracy and a militarized state
Colombia: black communities win victory
Along with international academics, LAB signed an open letter demanding the 'immediate halt' to the aerial spraying with glyphosate of b
Mexico: Unending Violence for Indigenous People
Despite a growing outpour of international support and solidarity, there is no end in sight to the paramilitary violence being waged against the Indigenous Triqui people of San Juan Copala in Oaxaca, Mexico.
No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict in Chile
Daniela Estrada discusses the political motivations behind the Mapuche hunger strikers.
Mexico 2010: The Spreading Crisis
Fred Rosen discusses the insecurity in Mexico, fueled by powerful drug cartels.