Brett Wilkins A group of “Mothers and relatives of disappeared detainees,” “Observatorio Luz Ibarburu” and of other Uruguayan human rights organizations participate in a video conference with members in Rome regarding the “Operation Condor” trail, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, July 8, 2019. Uruguay’s government says a court in Italy has sentenced 24 people to life…
Category: STATE TERRORISM
The UN a League of Assassins: The Decline of Everything That Has Been
Ricardo Arturo Salgado Bonilla For many weeks, Honduras has been in a convulsive situation. Several dead and wounded at the hands of the repressive forces of the state, political prisoners, militarization of the country, military entry to the campus of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, shooting students. In addition, days of brutal repression against…
Assassination and Intimidation of Social Leaders Continues Unabated in Colombia
Zoe PC Last week, Colombians woke up to yet another tragedy. On the morning of June 21, María del Pilar Hurtado, a 34-year-old mother of four minors, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Tierralta, in the department of Córdoba. Shortly after, a video circulated on social media showing her 9-year-old son, who witnessed…
Brazil: Political Mafia Suspected in Marielle Franco Murder
Only two people have been arrested in the March, 2018 assassination of Marielle Franco, the Black activist and city councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Everyone believes this was carried out by militias” which “operate in Rio very much like classic mafias,” said Stephanie Reist, a Rio-based writer and researcher. “Many militia members are current…
“This is a War Against the Honduran People”
Zoe PC Honduran Military Police Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández announced on May 6 that the country had arrived at an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a 311 million dollar loan. He stated that the agreement would help support the growth of Honduras’ “privileged” economy which continues to outshine the rest of…
Colombia: Black Leaders Survive Assassination Attempt
Peoples Dispatch Francia Márquez along with several other Black leaders suffered an assassination attempt on May 4, 2019. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize On Saturday May 4, armed men attacked a delegation of Black leaders in the northern Cauca region in Colombia. Among the leaders at the meeting was Francia Márquez, who is well-known for her…
Final Declaration: III Via Campesina Solidarity Mission to Colombia
We, members of the III International Observation and Monitoring Mission of Via Campesina to the implementation of the Peace Accords in Colombia, 20 international delegates from 15 countries and allied networks, conducted five days of work and visits in the departments of Bogotá, Cauca, Tolima and Cundinamarca. There, we held multiple meetings with peasant organizations,…
Finding Marielle Franco’s Killers
Stephanie Reist Just two days before the March 14 one-year anniversary of Marielle Franco’s assassination, civil police arrested two men alleged to be directly involved in the murder of the black, favela-born, bisexual city councilor for the Radical Left Party of Socialism and Liberty (PSOL) and her driver Anderson Gomes. Marcelo Freixo, Franco’s fellow PSOL…
Colombia Mourns 8th Indigenous Leader Killed in 2019
A report indicates that 34 Awa indigenous leaders were killed in 2018 prompting an immediate government response. Leonardo Nastacuas Rodriguez is the first indigenous leader of the Awa ethnic group that has been murdered in 2019, and the 8th indigenous leader alone since the turn of the year. The 36-year-old Leonardo Nastacuas, the father of…
Abahlali baseMjondolo: Solidarity with Our Comrades in Brazil
For a number of years our movement has enjoyed close relationships with various movements in the left in South America. This has included the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra (MST), known in English as the Landless Workers’ Movement, in Brazil. Many of our comrades have spent a lot of time with the MST in Brazil….
Mapuche Youth Assassinated by Colombian and US-trained Chilean Police Unit
Zoe PC 24-year-old Camilo Catrillanca was assassinated on Wednesday, November 14, during an invasion of his community by the special ‘anti-terrorist’ unit of the Chilean police, Comando Jungla On Wednesday, November 14, the Mapuche traditional community of Temukuikui was invaded by a special ‘anti-terrorist’ unit of the Chilean police, the Comando Jungla. During the invasion,…
MST Condemns Eviction of More than 200 Families in Maranhão
MST Since 2016, the families have demanded the inspection of the area for demarcation, which was only scheduled for today, the day of compliance with the preliminary injunction for reinstatement On Tuesday (13), the Maranhão Military Police evicted about 250 families from the Novo Pindaré camp, in the municipality of Pindaré Mirim. The area in…
