Over 50 social leaders have been assassinated in Colombia in 2019
Four social leaders have been killed last week. Organizations across Colombia have condemned the government of president Iván Duque for the lack of security measures that guarantee protection to social leaders
Social Minga condemns Ivan’s Duque’s refusal to meet communities
After mobilizing for almost a month, enduring heavy police repression, the participants of the social Minga had lifted the blockade on the Pan-American Highway after receiving an assurance the president Ivan Duque would listen to their concerns
The struggle for legal, safe and free abortion across Latin America
Feminists across the continent have been mobilizing to change the draconian and repressive laws that inhibit access to legal, safe and free abortion
PROSUR: strengthening of regional integration or disintegration?
All the presidents of the region were invited to the summit except for Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The setting up of Prosur is seen as an attempt to create a parallel organisation to UNASUR which was set up during the time of Commander Hugo Chavez
In Argentina, over a million march in honor of victims of US-backed military dictatorship
On the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, over a million Argentinians mobilized to remember the 30,000 victims of the last military dictatorship in Argentina
Tarifazos: How Argentina’s population is being forced to subsidize the earnings of multinational companies
José Rigane of the CTA-Autonomá spoke about why more and more Argentinians are unable to pay for basic services
Massive mobilizations against femicides across Latin America and Caribbean
According to data collected by observatories on gender and feminist movements of the region, about 282 femicides happened in Latin America and the Caribbean in January alone
Argentines protest for fourth straight week against hike in rates of services
The marches against the austerity policies of the Mauricio Macri began on January 10 under the banner of the Trade Union Front for the National Model. Water, electricity and gas rates are in the process of being massively hiked in order to meet IMF requirements on deficit