• 14 August 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

  

  Going Too Far

  There’s no place for protests in Colombia, ESMAD officers attacked a demonstration in Huila

  On Monday, the Anti-Riot Police Force (ESMAD) of Colombia repressed a peaceful demonstration carried out by over 2000 fishermen, peasants and indigenous people near Hobo municipality, Huila department, against mining-energy megaprojects and in favor of a solution to the national armed conflict. Around 50 demonstrators and several police officers were injured. Read more

• 13 August 2012 | Community Radios | Free Honduras | No to the coup d’état in Paraguay | Social activists at risk

  

  A Step Backward

  United Nations Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Expression: There Are Links Between Coups in Honduras and Paraguay

  The United Nations Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Frank La Rue, visited Honduras and said the situation in the country and the ousting of Fernando Lugo in Paraguay are examples of a step backward in terms of the right to freedom of expression in Latin America. Read more

• 7 August 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

  

  Give Peace a Chance

  Interview with Danilo Rueda of “Colombians for Peace”

  “Economic interests are a positive factor to open up a discussion about the country we want, about the country we dream of”, human rights activist Danilo Rueda told Real World Radio at the end of the Political Seminar to Build Peace in Caloto, Cauca, a region affected by violence against indigenous and peasant communities. Read more

• 7 August 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

  

  Political Solution

  Colombia: Indigenous Leader Received Death Threat After Being Interviewed by RWR

  Peace-building is one of the items on the agenda of social movements and organizations in Colombia. After the indigenous uprisings in the north of Cauca department that indigenous representatives called “territorial control actions”, a “Political Seminar for the Construction of a Social Solution and Peace Conference” was organized in the area on August 3 and 4. Read more

• 26 July 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

  

  Indiscriminate Violence

  Interview with Mapuche leader Mijael Carbone After Brutal Police Repression in Chile

  The conflict over land in South America is rooted in the dictatorships that usurped democratic power and handed large extensions of land to private owners linked to the military regimes. Three decades later, the demands of the native communities are met with state violence. Read more

• 25 July 2012 | News | Social activists at risk

  

  Language of Violence

  Police officers shoot Mapuche community members in Chile: two injured children

  The state repression against those who defend their right to land continues in Latin America. To the South of the continent, the situation of the Mapuche people and the constant repression by the Chilean state is one of the most emblematic cases. Read more

• 23 July 2012 | Videos | Social activists at risk

  

  Go Away!

  Crisis in El Cauca: What Was not Shown About the Army’s Expulsion from Cerro Berlin

  The Association of Indigenous Cabildos of Norte del Cauca (ACIN), in Colombia, is showing unedited images of the indigenous eviction of military in Cerro Berlin in Toribio municipality. Watch video

• 23 July 2012 | Videos | Social activists at risk

  

  “We Will Not Leave Our Territories”

  The Abuses of the War in El Cauca: Indigenous Suffering

  There is an all-out conflict between the indigenous peoples “for the conservation of our autonomy, our land” and the military “who think they own the territories” says Feliciano Valencia, of the Indigenous Regional Council of Cauca (CRIC) in Colombia. Watch video

• 20 July 2012 | News | Social activists at risk

  

  Demilitarization NOW

  More murders of indigenous people in Cauca, Colombia: statement by CAOI

  The 3rd Ordinary Meeting of the Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations (CAOI) came to an end on Tuesday in Chinauta municipality, Cundinamarca department, Colombia, demanding "all actors of the armed conflict" of that country “to respect life, culture, and the right to the free determination of indigenous people”, “especially those in Cauca department.” Read more

• 18 July 2012 | News | Social activists at risk

  

  For The Land of the Incas

  The Struggle Against Mining and For Life

  The National Confederation of Communities Affected by Mining in Peru (CONACAMI) has helped expose the different conflicts in the country and has struggled in defense of territory and water, said Pablo Salas, a member of the organization during the 3rd ordinary meeting of the Andean Coordination of Indigenous Organizations (CAOI). Read more

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