Author: Laura Carlsen

La voz de Berta Cáceres

March 19, 2016

Berta unía sectores y temas, tras fronteras, e hizo en la convergencia de las trincheras un camino amplio a la emancipación. Ese es el camino que ha dejado a sus hijas, y a las demás personas que seguirán sus pasos.

On the Occasion of the Pope’s Visit, Remembering Don Samuel Ruiz

February 16, 2016

In another gesture that showed that this Pope is not the traditional Vatican company man, the Argentine pope visited the grave of Don Samuel Ruiz, the Bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas, who took up the indigenous cause for justice as his own and as an obligation of the church. Who was Samuel Ruiz?

The Extraordinary Disappeared

February 11, 2016

What is extraordinary is not the crime. The crime of disappearance is part of the structural violence that has become daily life in Mexico. What is extraordinary is the families’ fight for their missing loved ones. These men and women are an example of courage and good citizenship for the whole country.

Clinton Team Drives Foreign Policy Wedge into Democratic Race

January 22, 2016

Just two days after the candidates showed little daylight between their positions on global issues during the Sunday debate, the Clinton team struck out at Sanders on foreign policy. How much daylight is there between the two leading candidates?

Mercenaries in Yemen–the U.S. Connection

December 7, 2015

Latin American mercenaries are leaving the ranks of the national armies of their countries to fight in the deserts of Yemen, wearing the uniform of the United Arab Emirates.

Mercenarios latinoamericanos en Yemen y la conexión EEUU

December 2, 2015

Mercenarios latinoamericanos, abandonando las filas de los ejércitos nacionales de sus países, han ido al combate en el desierto de Yemen con el uniforme de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Fueron contratados por empresas privadas estadounidenses y en algunos casos directamente por el gobierno del país árabe, que tiene la segunda economía más grande de la región gracias al petróleo.

Tlatlaya Massacre and U.S. Military Aid

November 12, 2015

The suspension of U.S. aid should indeed extend to all security aid to Mexico. Not only are serious cases of human rights violations piling up, but also because the militarized war on drugs model is in itself a violation of human rights.

Ayotzinapa, State Violence and Terror

October 17, 2015

Approximately one year after the murders and forced disappearances, the truth is still buried. But the implications of these crimes are obvious.

Ayotzinapa, violencia y terror de estado

October 2, 2015

El crimen de Ayotzinapa, y el grito de ¡Fue el estado! quebró el discurso oficial en torno a la violencia que azota al país. Cuando la policía municipal de Iguala–observada por fuerzas estatales y federales–abrió fuego contra los estudiantes y desapareció a los 43, se dio un crimen del estado que el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto no ha podido ocultar.