Protest

Mexico

Indigenous Council in Michoacán Protests for the Freedom of Detained Forest Defender

Sare Frabes - 25 June, 2024

Members of the Supreme Indigenous Council of Michoacán mobilize to demand the freedom of María Cruz Paz Zamora who they say is a political prisoner.

Mexico

Residents of the Choluteca Region of Puebla Demand Definite Closure of Landfill

Aldo Santiago - 18 June, 2024

Cover image: Members of the Union de Pueblos y Fraccionamientos contra el Basurero blocked main avenues in the south of Mexico City to denounce the irregular operation of a landfill in the Choluteca region...

Central America

In Honduras campesinos recuperate land from oil palm industry

Aldo Santiago - 20 May, 2024

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

Mexico

Police and National Guard Repress Protest Against Landfill in Cholula

Ñaní Pinto - 14 May, 2024

National Guard and state police repress environmental protestors in Puebla.

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South America

Perú: Indigenous People Declare Permanent Emergency, Twenty-Five Leaders Assassinated since 2020

Avispa - 23 July, 2024

Indigenous leader found dead with signs of torture after twenty-four days missing.

Special

Despite Organized Crime Violence, Indigenous Nahuas Celebrate Fifteen Years of Building Community in Xayakalan

Santiago Navarro F - 12 July, 2024

For the Indigenous Nahua woman Teresa, a community member of Santa María Ostula, the fifteen-year celebration is a celebration of life.

Central America

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

Aldo Santiago - 11 July, 2024

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