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GUATEMALA: ANOTHER MURDER IN THE POLOCHIC VALLEY

Monday, June 6, 2011 In the community of Parana, in the Polochic Valley, Alta Verapaz, MARIA MARGARITA CHE CHUB, a Mayan Qeqchi mother of two, midwife, member of her community development council and...

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DEMAND JUSTICE FOR FEBRUARY 12th STUDENT MASSACRE & FREEDOM FOR RAMIRO CHOC,...

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 No functional justice system exists to protect the fundamental rights of communities.  Rather, administration of justice officials and security forces are part of the...

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MAUDE BARLOW BEARING WITNESS TO GUATEMALA'S DESTRUCTIVE MINING INDUSTRY

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Rights Action forwards this HUFFINGTON POST article by Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of CanadiansShare on FacebookTweet WidgetFacebook LikeGoogle Plus...

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OCCUPY WALL STREET -- Please get informed and get involved:...

Thursday, October 6, 2011 It's 10 PM in Liberty Plaza and the jubilant 20,000-plus crowd from the day's solidarity march has dwindled, now, to the faithful, the regulars, having debated and decided by...

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ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY & EQUALITY NOW! GLOBAL TO LOCAL, LOCAL TO GLOBAL

Saturday, October 15, 2011 The systemic exploitation and poverty and inter-connected racism and repression in much of Central America, that Rights Action has been denouncing and resisting for years,...

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ELECTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA: Nicaragua building civil society and democratic...

Saturday, November 12, 2011 In contrast to elections in Guatemala, won by "genocidal" general Otto Perez Molina, Nicaragua continues with political and socio-economic policies prioritizing the...

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ACTIVATE: How to Stop a Multinational Company

Monday, February 13, 2012 25 minute Al Jazeera doc-film. Argentinians are used to hitting the streets to start revolutions, fight for their rights or overthrow governments. But now people are taking to...

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Canada and Chile Meddling in Honduras's Economic and Security Policies

Monday, May 21, 2012 An Article by Sandra Cuffe and Karen Spring ( human rights activists working with Rights Action) regarding Canadian and Chilean involvement in mining & security reform in...

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Human Rights Violations by U.S.-backed Honduran Special Forces Unit

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Over the past three years at minimum 89 members or associates of campesino movements have been killed in the Bajo Aguan Valley in a campaign of targeted killings. This...

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HONDURAS: THE KILLINGS CONTINUE: The Latest Drug War Success Story

Friday, March 1, 2013Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield succumbed to a fit of honesty earlier this month: "When the drug war turns bloody, he said, the strategy is working," journalist...

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PRECEDENT SETTING LAWSUITS IN CANADA, IN COURTROOM 808

Thursday, March 7, 2013 Rights Action was honored to bring Angelica Choc - one of the plaintiffs - to Toronto, to attend 2 days of court hearings concerning 3 civil suits filed against Hudbay Minerals...

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GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT, OTTO MOLINA PEREZ, NAMED AS INTELLECTUAL AUTHOR OF...

Thursday, April 11, 2013 Associated Press:  “ GUATEMALA WAR TRIAL PUTS PAST CLOSER TO PRESIDENT” Reuters:  “WITNESS AT EX-DICTATOR'S TRIAL LINKS GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT TO WAR CRIMES”Share on...

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VICTORY FOR BERTA CACERES, COPINH AND THE HONDURAN RESISTANCE

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 74-day blockade and protest against Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam in Rio Blanco continues.

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UPDATE: Human Rights In Honduras

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 The ‘Murder Capital Of The World’, The ‘Repression Capital Of The Americas’, Leading Up To The November Elections

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