by Tim Shenk Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Indigenous struggles have gained visibility in 2016 throughout the Americas. On December 4, indigenous-led resistance halted construction of the Dakota Access […]
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 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 […]
Committee on U.S./Latin American Relations 