Lula Livre!!
Brazil

Lula Livre!!

2018 saw the conviction and incarceration of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who was posed to run in October 2018 elections

Zoe Alexandra
January 1, 2019
Justice for Berta Cáceres!
Honduras

Justice for Berta Cáceres!

Peoples Dispatch joined the call to stand in solidarity with the family of Berta Cáceres and COPINH, to demand justice and raise awareness about what has happened with the case

Zoe Alexandra
January 1, 2019
We can’t miss this moment: Willie Baptist
United States

We can’t miss this moment: Willie Baptist

Veteran organizer Willie Baptist reflects on the historical importance of this moment in the US and across the world, and the need to take strategic, coordinated action

Zoe Alexandra
December 19, 2018
7 sentenced for the assassination of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres
Honduras

7 sentenced for the assassination of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres

After first round of convictions, victims continue their demand that the people and structures who financed the assassination be prosecuted and punished

Zoe Alexandra
November 30, 2018
Sentence expected today in Berta Cáceres case despite irregular proceedings
Honduras

Sentence expected today in Berta Cáceres case despite irregular proceedings

The victims have denounced nationally and internationally the irregularities committed by the courts and the Attorney General in Honduras throughout this trial and last month their legal representation was even excluded from the proceedings

Zoe Alexandra
November 29, 2018
Leftist and progressive leaders address crisis of neoliberalism in Buenos Aires
Argentina

Leftist and progressive leaders address crisis of neoliberalism in Buenos Aires

Left-wing academics and politicians from across the world spoke at the forum, which served as the official opening to the 8th edition of the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences (CLACSO)

Zoe Alexandra
November 22, 2018
Mapuche youth assassinated by Colombian and US-trained Chilean police unit
Argentina Chile Mapuche Nation

Mapuche youth assassinated by Colombian and US-trained Chilean police unit

24-year-old Camilo Catrillanca was assassinated on Wednesday, November 14, during an invasion of his community by the special ‘anti-terrorist’ unit of the Chilean police, Comando Jungla

Zoe Alexandra
November 16, 2018
Colombian students remain defiant despite massive repression against November 8 march
Colombia

Colombian students remain defiant despite massive repression against November 8 march

Violence by state forces left dozens injured. Some students remain missing and many were arrested after the protest that demanded that president Duque negotiate with the students

Zoe Alexandra
November 13, 2018