Central America
Honduras: economy could “quickly buckle”
Honduran economist Alcides Hernández warns that if sanctions are imposed on the coup regime, “a country as poor as ours would quickly buckle.”
The Andes
Arequipa: peasant cooperatives march for land and water
Peasant cooperatives marched in the Peruvian city of Arequipa to protest government plans to sell state lands to agribusiness interests.
The Amazon
Peru: Amazon natives issue ultimatum to mining company
Indigenous leaders in Peru’s Cordillera del Cóndor issued a statement giving the Dorato mining company 15 days to quit the territory.
The Andes
Peru: village revolts against copper company
Several were injured when the Peruvian village of Cocachacra exploded into protest at an environmental hearing on a proposed copper mine.
The Andes
Peru: controversy over “dirty war” truth commission
Six years after the Truth Commission report on Peru’s “dirty war,” Defense Minister Rafael Rey called the findings “false and calumnious.”
The Andes
Peru: “narco-sendero” attack leaves six dead
Two Peruvian army troops and four presumed narco-senderistas were killed in a shoot-out in the Apurimac Valley.
The Amazon
Peru demands Interpol arrest exiled indigenous leaders
Peru issued a formal request to Interpol for the capture of Amazon indigenous leaders who have taken asylum in Nicaragua.
The Amazon
Peru: demands grow for Amazon massacre truth commission
The UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called for Peru to open an “exhaustive investigation” into the Bagua massacre.
The Andes
Colombia: Awá indigenous people massacred —again
Twelve members of the threatened Awá indigenous group were killed when their community in southern Colombia was invaded by unkown gunmen.
Central America
Honduras: resistance continues despite repression
Strikes and protests continue in Honduras despite a pattern of repression documented by an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights delegation.
The Caribbean
Haiti: more strikes hit maquilas
A series of wildcat strikes continue to shut down an industrial park on Port-au-Prince’s northern outskirts.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: medical strike suspended
On Aug. 13 leaders of the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) and the National Union of Nursing Services (UNASED) announced the suspension of a strike they started on July 29 over salaries. The unionists said the suspension was based on what… Read moreDominican Republic: medical strike suspended