by Tim Shenk Coordinator, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Many people have been following the indigenous Water Protectors’ prayerful, nonviolent protests at the site of stalled oil pipeline construction in […]
Berta Cáceres in the Río Blanco region of western Honduras where she, COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and the people of Río Blanco have maintained […]
by Raymond Offenheiser President, Oxfam America CUSLAR member 1973-1977 Remarks, CUSLAR 50th Anniversary Celebration Cornell University September 25, 2015 Thank you, Tim, for the kind introduction and for the invitation […]
by Tim Shenk Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations A half-dozen protestors were injured and several more were jailed Sunday during a peaceful rally for the preservation of Loma Miranda, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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