UPSIDE DOWN WORLD

AUGUST 3. 2018

El Salvador Free Trade Zone Plan Sparks Debate

Debates around foreign investment, development, and sovereignty, colored by a long history of neoliberalism and U. S. imperialism, are heating up in El Salvador. [. ..]

JUNE 30. 2018

Water Wars: El Salvador Social Movements Resist Water Privatization

El Salvador's right-wing lawmakers and private business lobby are pushing to privatize water. Social movements are fighting to defend it. [. ..]

MAY 5. 2018

Pajulies Under Attack: Hydroelectric Company Bypasses Resistance by Military Force

For over a year, community members have denounced state violence and criminalization targeting their peaceful resistance to the Hidrocep project. [. ..]

MARCH 15. 2018

Honduran Activist Framed for Vandalism Faces Ongoing Misinformation Campaign

Honduran youth activist Eduardo Enrique Urbina Ayala continues to be the target of state misinformation months after he fled the country fearing for his safety. [. ..]

FEBRUARY 13. 2018

Canada’s Deadly Diplomacy and the Plight of Political Prisoners in Honduras

It’s time for Canada to condemn the real perpetrators of violence in Honduras and take a stand for the rights of political prisoners like Edwin Espinal. [. ..]

JANUARY 29. 2018

Honduras: Military Intelligence Behind Assassinations, Tortures, and Forced Disappearances

The ex-captain of the Armed Forces, Santos Orellana Rodríguez, says that active intelligence and counterintelligence units are currently receiving direct orders from President Juan Orlando Hernández. [. ..]

JANUARY 26. 2018

Demanding Justice: Indigenous Women from Guatemala Battle Canadian Mining Giant

Land defenders make history by challenging Hudbay Minerals in court. [. ..]

JANUARY 12. 2018

Anti-Dam Resistance Faces Death and Detention in Guerrero, Mexico

State-sponsored violence against anti-dam movement leaves a trail of blood and arbitrary arrests. [. ..]

JANUARY 3. 2018

Colombia: Extractivist Pax vs. Peace with Social and Environmental Justice

The conflict between the extractivist pax and peace with social and environmental justice is sharp. [. ..]