North America
IRS targets Cuba solidarity group
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which has sponsored aid shipments to Cuba for two decades is threatened with losing its tax-exempt status.
Author: Weekly News Update on the Americas
The Caribbean
Haiti: maquila workers take to the streets —again
Assembly plant workers marked Human Rights Day by marching through the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince to push their demand for a minimum wage of $12 a day.
The Caribbean
Haiti: evictions of quake victims continue
Police and goons removed 60 families from a camp north of the capital. This was the second eviction for many of the families, who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake.
Mexico
Mexico: fracking wins in disputed ‘energy reform’
US companies are looking forward to the opportunities for deep-sea drilling and hydrofracking that Mexico's new energy policy has opened up.
Central America
Honduras: another journalist killed; toll reaches 37
Violence against Honduran journalists and opposition activists continues. The police dismiss most cases as common crimes.
The Caribbean
Haiti: wage council proposes eight-cent raise
Haiti’s new council on wages issued its minimum wage levels for 2014, offering assembly plant workers a raise of eight cents an hour.
Mexico
Mexico: fight over ‘energy reform’ heats up
Mexico’s right and center have agreed on a plan they say won’t privatize the state energy sector. Critics say it will and are protesting.
Central America
Honduras: two more opposition activists murdered
The wave of violence against LIBRE activists continue. Two have been killed, and one is fleeing the country because of threats to his life.
The Amazon
Brazil: indigenous protesters blast land proposal
Indigenous groups feel threatened by plans in Congress that could limit the program for returning territory they claim.
Southern Cone
Argentina: anti-Monsanto protesters attacked
Using rocks and clubs, a group of supposed workers assaulted activists and local residents protesting plans to build a massive Monsanto facility in Córdoba, Argentina.
Central America
Honduras: new party ‘breaks chains’ of old system
Two opposition parties charge fraud in the Nov. 24 election in Honduras. Did the vote restore democracy–or just aggravate the “social confrontation”?
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: Haitians flee violence
Haiti and the Dominican Republic aren’t at war, according to Haiti’s foreign minister, but hundreds of Haitians have fled the neighboring country amid a wave of violence.