The Man Who Hopes to Block the Ultra-Right in Brazil
October 19, 2018
After a major defeat in the first round, the Brazilian Workers’ Party and progressives are pinning their waning hopes on a second-round miracle for candidate Fernando Haddad.
Category: Human Rights
Fifty years since the massacre of Tlatelolco
October 4, 2018
Fifty years since the attack that marked contemporary Mexican history, the demands of 1968 are still valid and the Mexican State has not yet clarified what happened this day.
A Survivor Talks About LIfe After the Tlatelolco Massacre
October 4, 2018
Laura Carlsen talks to Jesus Vargas, a leader of the student movement who was at the demonstration when the army attacked on Oct. 2. Jesus recounts the terror of that day, how the movement regrouped and his work for social justice.
“The Emergency Isn’t Over”, the Homeless Commemorate a Year Since the Mexico City Earthquake
September 20, 2018
“As long as one single neighbor is still displaced from their home, the crisis that started with the earthquake continues,” says Gabriel Macías of the Tlalpan United group of neighbors whose apartment complex collapsed in the Sept. 19 quake. Around him crowd dozens of journalists, neighbors and members of the “Topos”, the moles, Mexico City’s volunteer rescue crews.
Security that kills
August 28, 2018
Claudia is not the first migrant murdered by the Border Patrol, nor will she be the last. The Border Patrol kills people with impunity in the name of “border security”.
Nicaragua–From Revolution to Repression
August 7, 2018
The bloodshed in Nicaragua today is the brutal repression unleashed by autocratic power in response to a popular uprising. The international community has a responsibility to denounce it.
Private business and right-wing parties seek to control the distribution of water in El Salvador
August 1, 2018
While discussions continue in the Salvadoran parliament, companies like Sab Miller and those that sell with water, will continue to exploit and take advantage of the resource, due to the lack of regulation.
With low participation, candidate close to the dictatorship becomes president of Paraguay
July 31, 2018
The election of the conservative candidate, Mario Abdo Benítez, as President of Paraguay opens a period of possible conflicts and uncertainties.
The role of electoral observation in the defense of the 2018 vote
July 17, 2018
A free and fair vote was at risk at a critical time for the country. In this context, the network of Scholars and Citizens for Democracy in Mexico was created.Hundreds of people from all over the world answered the call to defend the vote and join the non-partisan observation.
“Political Rights are Human Rights” An interview with Father Miguel Concha
July 13, 2018
Free and fair elections are a critical component of a real democracy and citizens have long fought for the right to vote and to have their vote counted. Less recognized is that the right to vote is not just the right to elect representatives. It’s a human right.