CUSLAR launches Paulo Freire Program
by Diana Folla During the Fall 2013 semester, CUSLAR launched the Paulo Freire Engaged Practitioners Program and welcomed its first guest, Judite Stronzake of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST). During […]
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U.S. Congress joins social movements in call for justice in Paraguay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2014 U.S. Congress joins social movements in call for justice in Paraguay ITHACA, NY — United States Senators and Representatives have joined social movements […]
Nicaragua’s proposed interoceanic canal: a threat to the environment and indigenous peoples
By Hazel Guardado, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations In early October, more than 1,000 Nicaraguan campesinos protested the newest development scheme in Nicaragua–an interoceanic canal. Banners reading “our land is […]
Mining in Ecuador’s Intag Valley: An Untold Story of Climate Change
By Ariel Smilowitz, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations On the heels of the “largest climate march in history,” where hundreds of thousands of activists, demonstrators, politicians, and environmentalists gathered together […]
Defending Justice: One lawyer’s perspective on the failed criminal justice system in Paraguay
by Eric Krasnow, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations For the past two years, RRVO, whose name is withheld for legal reasons, has sat in a jail cell without due process […]
What happened in Marina Kue? The ongoing struggle for justice and human rights in Paraguay
by Diana T. Folla, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) On June 15, 2012, over 300 police officers clad in riot gear arrived in Marina Kue in the Curuguaty district […]
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