The last peyote guardians in London
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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Panama: neon frogs returned to the wild
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Panama has pioneered a breeding programme which last month saw the release of hundreds of tiny colourful frogs...
Panama: Indigenous land sold to developers for millions
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....
The Panama Papers: world elites stashing cash in offshore havens
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...
Panama: indigenous activists block entry to Barro Blanco dam
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,...
Jaguar dance marks close of Euro-Caravana 43
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...
Ayotzinapa caravan forges European alliances
“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...
The last peyote guardians in London
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)...
Interactive documentary exploring Guatemala and El Salvador’s armed conflicts through eyes...
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...
Corruption scandal sparks protests across Guatemala
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...
Top genocide lawyer assassinated in Guatemala City
The chief lawyer of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was gunned down in broad daylight last Wednesday 3 June. Francisco Palomo Tejada, 63, was...
Trafficking of women and girls: Central America’s human rights crisis
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: the Abortion Ban, and the Government’s “Battle against Maternal
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...