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Opposition in Mexico to Mega-Industrial Model

“It is a large-scale geopolitical project in a geostrategic region. The system is corrupt. The way this is being carried out is obscene.”

Exodus is always political. That’s why the blood of those who have become victims in their departure is on the Cuban State’s shoulders.

The hearing on the emblematic case was held Mar. 22-23 at the Inter-American Court in San José, Costa Rica.

“These actions occur under the protection of the judicial system & security forces; so in the majority of cases it’s impossible to denounce”

What are the possible effects of this measure, especially for citizens’ purchasing power. Will it relieve shortages of basic products?

The Lakus is a microcosm of the region: escalating land invasions, false land titles, increasing threat and violence, and rapid forest loss.

Social divides, everyday experiences that are part of the survival story forced on Cubans given unfulfilled promises of equality.

Cuban artists denounce on social networks the calamitous state of the capital’s stages.

Exiled farmers’ rights activist Francisca Ramirez has led the movement against Nicaragua’s failed inter-oceanic canal project since 2013.

The political police threaten arrests and legal proceedings “for alleged violation of the law”, like reporting on voter turnout in today’s elections.