You can view the webcast here: Guatemala's June 25th (first round) elections surprised pundits who had expected a sweep by right wing forces who had tilted the electoral playing field by cracking down on free speech and dissent – jailing journalists and sending others into exile. Nevertheless, a relatively new party called Semillas that had […]
Guatemala is voting on August 20th and we are on the ground doing live coverage. Join us for a special broadcast on Monday August 21st and 9am pacific time.
Join us for a conversation with families of victims who are disappeared and human rights defenders raising their voices against forced disappearances in Mexico and in the United States. Live on zoom tomorrow August 29th at 4pm pacific / 5pm Cdmx / 7pm eastern.
These events are taking place in New York City. Te invitamos a la jornada de lucha por encontrar a nuestros 43 hijos. Vivos se los llevaron y vivos los queremos!
Este 26 de septiembre se cumplen nueve años de la desaparición de nuestros hijos, los 43 normalistas desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa. El hecho a la fecha continúa siendo esencialmente un misterio con verdades históricas a modo por parte del gobierno federal anterior y el actual. El expediente sigue abierto. Ha trascendido que todos los brazos del […]
STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF HAITI! NOT ANOTHER INVASION! JOIN US TO DEMONSTRATE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th SAN FRANCISCO FEDERAL BUILDING 7TH AND MISSION4:00 PM Message from our friends at the Haiti Action Committee: Haiti Action Committee condemns in the strongest possible terms the UN Security Council vote on Monday to authorize yet another invasion of […]
This week, Guatemala will celebrate its (non-violent) Democratic Revolution of 1944 with a new, democratic revolution, one that has arisen to defend their newly elected president, Bernardo Arévalo. President-elect Arévalo does not take office until January 14th – nearly five months after his election on August 20th – and corrupt forces within the existing Guatemalan […]
Today, the situation in Haiti could not be more dire. Paramilitaries continue to terrorize the population. Over 5 million Haitians, including 2.5 million children, are experiencing food insecurity in a country of 12 million. And now, the UN has authorized an invasion force to prop up the unelected, repressive government. As always, Haitians continue to […]
Rally Outside APEC! Ahead of their meeting, demand that APEC leaders and IPEF negotiators listen to the people instead of corporations. DON'T TRADE AWAY OUR CLIMATE FUTURE!
Please join us Thursday, February 22nd at 4pm PST / 7pm EST for a special webcast in celebration of Black History Month: "No justice, No Peace: The Pending Agenda for Peace and Justice for Afro Descendants in the Americas." We will hear from some of the most influential Black solidarity organizers and Black leaders from Latin […]
Monday, March 25, at 4 pm Pacific time: We turn our focus to the underreported armed conflict on the Chiapas-Guatemala border. This conflict, fueled by territorial disputes among organized crime groups, has devastating consequences for the largely Indigenous population of Chiapas. The communities displaced by the violence are in the thousands, and violence and terror […]
