Tag: Central America
The transformative power of immigration court watch
More than providing frontline support to people facing deportation, court watch is a necessary primer on growing U.S. fascism.
Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat
It attributes part of this loss to ranches indirectly supplying cattle to meatpacking giant JBS, with nearly all of the deforestation since 2013 being illegal.
Colombia, once a pro-U.S. conservative bastion, turns left
Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice.
Excessive corporate power breeds political repression
In the face of extractive industries’ enormous economic clout, Central Americans are facing increasing displacement and threats to their democratic rights.
Will Biden’s Central American plan slow migration (or speed it up)?
The new border politics of the Biden era are actually ancient history.
Indigenous communities on the frontline as two climate change-fueled hurricanes slam...
“It’s caused a lot of damages to the most vulnerable peoples, which tends to be Indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and Black communities all across Central America.”
Refusing to hide: Migrants find power in caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
Rev. William Barber: Tear gassing Central American migrants is inhumane, unconstitutional,...
"This is white nationalism being played out in public policy. This is racism being played out in public policy. This is also inhumane."
Jennifer Harbury: Today’s refugee crisis Is blowback from US dirty wars...
"The United States has everything to do with the creation of the monsters that are driving the refugees up to our border."
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Sanders demands senate scrutiny of RFK Jr. over war on science
Senate Democrats say Kennedy has undermined scientific agencies as preventable diseases surge.
Just like a Hegseth (thank you, Mr. Dylan)
A display of manly leadership to justify a failing regime?
Ecuador agrees to pay Chevron after tribunal ruling as Amazon communities condemn ‘defeat for...
Ecuador’s plan to send $220 million to Chevron under an ISDS award draws fierce backlash from Indigenous groups, human rights advocates, and lawyers who say the ruling rewards corporate pollution.
The next wars are always here
Because the next wars were always here, looming. We just need the clarity to see them and the force to stop them before they begin.
Instacart algorithms drive secret grocery price hikes
New report finds algorithm driven tests can charge shoppers up to 23 percent more for the same cart.