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Zapatistias: ‘We are here’
Imagine close to 50,000 people marching in absolute silence, in five different townships, from two to five hours apart. Not a word, nor even a greeting. Just a raised fist in a sign of strength, determination and unity. Streets overflowing with masked faces and wordlessness. On December 30th, it w.... |
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The contradictions of the “new” Juárez
The push to rebrand and re-sell the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez is in full swing. With violence way down as 2012 draws to a close, business and political leaders are extolling the return of security, inaugurating public works and opening new restaurants. According to the electronic indust.... |
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Ismael and Manuelita died in defense of three basic rights
The three most threatened human rights on the planet today are the right to water, the right to a healthy environment, and the right to food. In Chihuahua these are ever-growing threats that have claimed two victims already. Ismael Osorio and Manuelita Solis, his wife, were murdered near Ciudad Cu.... |
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Why are we a culture that condones violence?
The Sandy Hook massacre isn’t just about the need for gun control laws, it is about a culture that condones the killing of children and teaches children that killing is okay.
It is about a country addicted to violence on television and movie screens. It is about cuts in education spending.
It is.... |
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Cuban activist was an inspiration to many
Oswaldo Payá, a great human rights activist and a champion of freedom and liberty for the Cuban people, died on July 22nd in a fatal car crash.
Although Payá’s name was not well known in the United States, he spent decades under constant threat in Cuba, trying to transform his native country thro.... |
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Inspired by Payá's vision
The President's thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Oswaldo Payá, a tireless champion for greater civic and human rights in Cuba. Payá gave decades of his life to the nonviolent struggle for freedom and democratic reform in Cuba as the head of the Christian Liberation Movement.... |
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To Live with Dignity is to Build a New World
“My papa settled here in 1944,” Pablo Sarmiento says in a serene voice and gentle manner, as he looks at the ruins of his home that was torn down by a multinational’s bulldozers. They arrived on May 24, without prior notice, judicial orders or signed authorization. They encircled the houses with w.... |
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Mexico’s Spiraling Violence
Felipe Calderon is angry. Striking the podium, he insists that the explosion of violence in Mexico is the sole fault of organized crime. He reiterates his commitment to the war against drug trafficking, launched in December 2006, and to relentlessly pursue those responsible.
This vehement defens.... |
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Horror and hope walk hand in hand
500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Numbers are numbing,” warns Nobel Laureate Jody Williams. “There are women in here who have experienced sexual violence in conflict.”
Many heads nod somberly throug.... |
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Latin America: The Press Under Pressure (Part I)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Last week, the Inter-American Press Association held it's midyear meeting in San Diego, California, where the organization presented their latest report on press freedom in various nations across the globe. That report is the basis for the following article, part one of a two-part .... |
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Afghanistan's Che Guevara is a Woman
Malalai Joya was 26 when she became the youngest woman ever elected as a member of parliament in Afghanistan. Today, she is the country's most famous woman - a political activist who was just denied a visa for a book tour to the United States because she is "unemployed" and "lives underground," ac.... |
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U.S.-Brazil Alliance
President Barack Obama embarked on a historic trip to Latin America last week to strengthen U.S. ties to this vital region and commemorate the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s “Alliance for Progress.” The United States and Brazil should seize this opportunity to forge a strategic pa.... |
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Abused and Deported: Immigrant Women Face Double Disgrace
María Bolaños has been fighting her deportation for more than a year, since a fight with her husband when she called the police to report that she was a victim of domestic violence. The police arrived at her home and, suspecting her of illegally selling phone cards, ordered her arrest.
Her case i.... |
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In the Name of the Fathers: The Priests of Juarez
JUAREZ, Chihuahua, Mex.—Father Isidro Payan was saying mass for a group of children on a Sunday morning, one week before Lent, when he was approached by his deacon, who informed him that a 28-year-old man had been executed outside the church, less than 25 yards away. The mother of the victim was .... |
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Women Human Rights Defenders Risk Death, Discrimination
Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the way thousands of women across the globe do: defending her family and her community.
The middle-aged mother staged a hunger strike to demand the safe return of her son after Mexican soldiers abducted him from their home. She lost anot.... |
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