BUSCANDO TRADUCTORAS/ES
May 23, 2012
Queridos lectores, En este número del Boletín Américas, presentamos algunos de los temas mas importantes en el continente: la visita del Secretario de Defensa […]
Author: Laura Carlsen
Genocidio Guatemalteco a Juicio
May 19, 2012
La noticia de que el general Efraín Ríos Montt había sido acusado de crímenes de guerra nos alcanzó mientras empacábamos para la Ciudad de Guatemala, después de algunos días aterradores recogiendo testimonios sobre la violencia contra mujeres en Honduras.
50% of the 99%
May 16, 2012
The movement of the 99 percent that began in the United States made visible the human beings who suffer the brutal inequality and injustice of an economic system that, in crisis, requires them to sacrifice even more. But women remain largely invisible, even as they perform economic miracles every day around the world to ensure family survival in an increasingly hostile economic environment.
Mexico’s False Dilemma: Human Rights or Security
April 17, 2012
Mexico is currently confronting a human rights crisis. Headlines document the overt violence that has claimed more than 50,000 lives since December 11, 2006 when President Felipe Calderón launched the war on drugs. Yet beneath the bloodshed, the erosion of the rule of law and the systematic violation of human rights in the context of the armed conflict caused by the drug war has created a more profound crisis in Mexican society, one whose causes and effects are not only ill-defined but often purposely obscured.
The Politics of the Drug War in Mexico
April 16, 2012
The starting bell rang for the Mexican presidential campaigns on March 30, and the candidates are out of the gates. As the nation faces an unprecedented crisis in levels of violence and lawlessness, one of the big issues is who will have to take the blame for the disastrous war on drugs.
Honduras: Cuando el compromiso se convierte en complicidad
April 3, 2012
Tony Blinken, el asesor de Seguridad Nacional de los Estados Unidos, se refirió a “el gran liderazgo que el presidente Lobo ha demostrado en la promoción de la reconciliación nacional y el orden democrático y constitucional”. Uno pensaría que hablaran de un país distinto al que visitamos apenas unas semanas antes, en una delegación investigando la violencia contra mujeres.
El G20 bajo la presidencia de México
March 19, 2012
México asumió la presidencia del G20 en diciembre de 2011, en un momento de crisis múltiples. El país comparte la presidencia con una “troika directiva tripartita de presidentes pasados, presentes y futuros”, este año, Francia y Rusia.1 Como presidente, México es responsable de establecer un secretariado temporal para coordinar el trabajo y prepararse para organizar la cumbre de junio de 2012. El ministro de relaciones exteriores está a cargo de esta tarea, con la participación de otros ministros en áreas específicas.
The G20 Under the Mexican Presidency
March 16, 2012
Mexico took on the presidency of the G20 in December 2011 at a moment of multiple crises. The nation shares the presidency with a “three-member management Troika of past, present and future chairs”, this year, France and Russia. As chair, Mexico is responsible for establishing a temporary secretariat to coordinate work and prepare for and organize the June 2012 Summit.
Honduras: When Engagement Becomes Complicity
March 16, 2012
In a March 1 press briefing, U.S. National Security Advisor Tony Blinken cited “the tremendous leadership President Lobo has displayed in advancing national reconciliation and democratic and constitutional order.” You’d think they were talking about a different country from the one we visited just weeks before on a fact-finding mission on violence against women.
Doing Biden’s Bidding
March 5, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war. His visit comes at a time to end prohibitionist laws and the drug war model.