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SIGN THIS URGENT ACTION ONLINE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY Today, June 19th, we have been witnesses of the extremely violent actions of the Mexican State repressing the teachers and the organized civil society in resistance in different areas of the State of Oaxaca including the Istmus of Tehuantepec, Nochixtlán and the city of Oaxaca.  As a result of the excessive…

The military in most cities are there to serve and protect the citizens of it. But in Mexico the opposite seems to be true. According to the government’s own figures, the armed forces of Mexico are exceptionally efficient killers — stacking up bodies at extraordinary rates. The authorities say the nation’s soldiers are simply better trained and more skilled than…

19 months since the 43 Ayotzinapa students were forcibly disappeared by police in Iguala, Guerrero the findings of the investigation were presented last Sunday (24/04/2016) as part of the over 600-page final report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Experts, known as the GIEI, which has been forced to end its work on the case abruptly due to the government’s refusal…

Mexican environmental activist Gustavo Castro, the sole witness to the murder of Indigenous leader Berta Caceres and a victim in the attack, was finally allowed to leave Honduras in the morning of April 1 after a judge repealed the order that had kept him trapped in the country despite warnings that his life was in danger.Castro's lawyer, Ivania Galeano, told…

Original: Palabras de Gustavo Castro al pueblo de Honduras Tegucigalpa, Honduras - March 15,  2016 TO THE PEOPLE OF HONDURAS I don’t know if these words will reach you one day. I came to Honduras with hope and anticipation. It had been many years since I visited, but I am thankful to Berta for inviting me. She and her family…

Delivered from the final resting place of our Berta. Our mom, our daughter, our guide. Her daughters Olivia, Bertha and Laura, her son Salvador, her mother Austraberta alongside family and friends, wish to make public our thoughts in this moment of profound sorrow. Our Berta is the greatest inspiration we have known, that is why we feel a need to…

Honduran indigenous and environmental organizer Berta Cáceres has been assassinated on 3 March 2016 in her home. She was one of the leading organizers for indigenous land rights in Honduras. In 1993 she co-founded the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). For years the group faced a series of threats and repression.In 2015 Berta Cáceres won…