Mining and resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico
by Nicole Mance Enrique Peña Nieto, the president of Mexico, runs a government that has pushed structural reforms to enable land dispossession in rural and indigenous areas of Mexico. Mass […]
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Strengthen Protection of Human Rights in Latin America: In memory of Berta Cáceres
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 […]
Oxfam president: Resource rights and protections are fundamental
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 […]
Dominican movement to halt mining faces repression, suspected arson
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 […]
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 […]
Committee on U.S./Latin American Relations 