Central America

Central America

Lenca Communities in Honduras Demand Communal Titles for their Territories

Hundreds of Indigenous Lencas protest in the capital city of Honduras to demand the communal titling of their lands, and justice for the assassination of Berta Cáceres

Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Denounce Eviction Threats of New Communities in El Estor

Guatemala: judicial authorities and agroindustry companies pursue evictions of Indigenous communities around Lake Izabal.

Guatemala: Maya Q’eqchi’ Community Evicted by Agroindustry in El Estor

Land grabs and violence continue against Indigenous communities in Guatemala. The eviction of Maya Q’eqchi’ families from Buena Vista Tzinté is a stark reminder of ongoing injustices.

In Honduras campesinos recuperate land from oil palm industry

In Bajo Aguán, residents resist in spite of agroindustry violence. Where oil palm was once planted, today they plant food

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Pemex Negligence, Inc. and Its Zones of Death

Indigenous communities live amid oil spills from Pemex and private companies in a region marked as key for fracking

Sumud flotilla heads to Gaza “to break the blockade and stop the genocide”

While Israel brands it as ‘terrorism’, Genoa dockworkers threaten mass action should the flotilla be intercepted

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Sides with U.S. in GM Corn Dispute Without Evidence That It Is Not Harmful to Health

The panel established under the TMEC ruled in favor of the United States about its complaint over a Mexican decree banning glyphosate and genetically modified corn