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    Panama: indigenous activists block entry to Barro Blanco dam

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    A 30-strong splinter group of Ngäbe from the M10 resistance movement has blocked the entrance to the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam in western Panama, preventing workers from entering the...
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    Top genocide lawyer assassinated in Guatemala City

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    The chief lawyer of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was gunned down in broad daylight last Wednesday 3 June. Francisco Palomo Tejada, 63, was driving home on a lunch...
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    Ayotzinapa caravan forges European alliances

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    “We are here to say that the struggle around the 43 students is a live struggle, it is alive today, and it’s not something that’s staying in the past...
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    The last peyote guardians in London

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    Two indigenous Huichol shamans from western Mexico met a packed lecture theatre at the University of London’s School of Asian and Oriental Studies (SOAS) last Tuesday night, where the...
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    Trafficking of women and girls: Central America’s human rights crisis

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    It was a typical ruse. Claudia Ayala, a young Costa Rican woman, was promised a cleaning job in the U.S. Claudia trusted a man she had known for years,...
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    Nicaragua: the Abortion Ban, and the Government’s “Battle against Maternal

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    Amelia, a 27 year-old Nicaraguan woman, was diagnosed with cancer and like any other patient she should have been offered medical treatment. But, instead the young woman was denied...
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    Panama: neon frogs returned to the wild

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    The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Panama has pioneered a breeding programme which last month saw the release of hundreds of tiny colourful frogs...
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    Panama: Indigenous land sold to developers for millions

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    Large tracks of pristine coastal land in the remote Kusapín district of the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé in western Panama have be sold to foreign developers....
    Politics

    The Panama Papers: world elites stashing cash in offshore havens

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    Millions of leaked documents reveal how dozens of politicians and public officials from countries across the world have been stashing cash in offshore havens. The...
    Development

    Panama: indigenous activists block entry to Barro Blanco dam

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    A 30-strong splinter group of Ngäbe from the M10 resistance movement has blocked the entrance to the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam in western Panama,...

    Mexico

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    Jaguar dance marks close of Euro-Caravana 43

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    Having toured 18 cities in 13 countries, the ‘Euro-Caravana 43’ human rights caravan ended its journey in London last Tuesday 19 May, marking the...
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    Ayotzinapa caravan forges European alliances

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    “We are here to say that the struggle around the 43 students is a live struggle, it is alive today, and it’s not something...
    Culture

    The last peyote guardians in London

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    Two indigenous Huichol shamans from western Mexico met a packed lecture theatre at the University of London’s School of Asian and Oriental Studies (SOAS)...

    Guatemala

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    Interactive documentary exploring Guatemala and El Salvador’s armed conflicts through eyes...

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     is documentary filmmaker Patricia Goudvis’ follow-up to If the Mango Tree Could Speak, a film about ten children, aged between twelve and fifteen, who grew up...
    Guatemala

    Corruption scandal sparks protests across Guatemala

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    More than 40,000 protesters swept through the streets of Guatemala City yesterday, Saturday 16 May 2015, to vent fury over the nation’s unfolding corruption...
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    Top genocide lawyer assassinated in Guatemala City

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    The chief lawyer of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was gunned down in broad daylight last Wednesday 3 June. Francisco Palomo Tejada, 63, was...
    Human Rights

    Trafficking of women and girls: Central America’s human rights crisis

    Jennifer J Kennedy -
    0
    It was a typical ruse. Claudia Ayala, a young Costa Rican woman, was promised a cleaning job in the U.S. Claudia trusted a man...

    Nicaragua

    Human Rights

    Nicaragua: the Abortion Ban, and the Government’s “Battle against Maternal

    Jennifer J Kennedy -
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    Amelia, a 27 year-old Nicaraguan woman, was diagnosed with cancer and like any other patient she should have been offered medical treatment. But, instead...