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In this section Real World Radio aims to expose the murders of social activists and the cases of death threats against leaders. We will report on the wave of criminalization of the social protest. This new section of Real World Radio is also a memorial page for all those who were murdered in their struggle for a socially just world.

This special section is funded in part by the European Commission.

20 March 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Strong Evidence

Hired gunmen murdered anti-mining activist in Oaxaca State, Mexico

Agronomist Bernardo Vasquez Sanchez was an activist member of the Coordination of Peoples of Valle de Ocotlan (CPUVO) in Oaxaca State, Mexico. He was concerned over the pollution a mining project by Canadian company Fortuna Silver Mines would cause in the area, especially on the availability of water. Read more
7 March 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

No More Blood, Please

Colombia mobilizes against State crimes

The National Movement of Victims of State Crimes in Colombia (MOVICE) held several mobilizations on Tuesday in over ten cities of the country under the slogan "Lands, Displacement and Restitution". Read more
1 March 2012 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Warning and intimidation

Interview with Mario Godínez of CEIBA-FoE Guatemala after files were stolen from their office

The stealing of computer materials from the offices of CEIBA-Friends of the Earth Guatemala and the National Network in Defense of Food Sovereignty (REDSAG) in Chimaltenango, Guatemala, was considered as a political incident. Read more
20 February 2012 | Interviews | Alert! Sandra missing | Social activists at risk

A Year Without Her

Actions to demand the appearance of Sandra Viviana Cuellar

On Friday it has been a year since the disappearance of Sandra Viviana Cuellar, the 26 year-old environmental activst and former member of CENSAT-Friends of the Earth Colombia who went missing in Cali, Colombia. Real World Radio spoke with the head of CENSAT, Jorge Sanchez. Read more
23 January 2012 | News | Social activists at risk

Mourning

More murders and attacks against Colombian indigenous people

The Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC) made up by the native peoples of the country is denouncing and rejecting the serious attacks and human rights violations suffered by their communities. Several leaders were murdered these past days, following an end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 with many murders and attacks. Read more
29 December 2011 | Interviews | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk

The resistance in the front line

The Front of Popular Resistance beyond the electoral agenda

As 2011 draws to a close when ousted President Jose Manuel Zelaya finally returned to the country, Carlos Reyes, trade unionist and leader of the National Front of Popular Resistance (FNRP) analyzes the continuation of authoritarian rule, the lack of guarantees and the US intervention both in the Honduran public security and in its economy. Read more
22 November 2011 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

We shall not stop until justice is served

Interview with Adolfo Farías of MOCASE-Vía Campesina

The death of the member of the National Indigenous Peasant Movement of Argentina, Cristian Ferreyra last week “is related with a journey in defense of our dignity and against the imposition of agribusiness by transnational corporations and export policies” peasant Adolfo Farias of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, told Real World Radio. Read more
22 November 2011 | Interviews | Social activists at risk

Unpunished

Argentina: gunmen hired by soy producers murder peasant leader

Peasant leader Cristian Ferreira, from Santiago del Estero, was 25 years old. On November 16th he was at his home, in San Antonio community, organizing an assembly where other activists from the Santiago del Estero Peasant Movement (Mocase) would participate. He was at his home with two other activists worried about the clearing of a neighbor field. Read more
1 November 2011 | News | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk

For Agrarian Reform and Climate Justice

Video of Climate Change Forum in Honduras

La Via Campesina Honduras introduced a proposal before the National Congress for an agrarian reform bill that aims to put an end to the conflicts in the country's rural area where peasants are killed on a regular basis. Read more
26 October 2011 | News | Social activists at risk

The Killings Must Stop

Brazil: Murder of another peasant leader in Para

Brazilian leader Joao Chupel Primo was 55 years old. He was murdered on Saturday from a shot in his head in a car workshop, where he worked. Read more