Latin America | Canada | HEALTH | ENVIRONMENT| HR All that glitters is not gold Masks off The image Canada …
The hell on earth of banana plantations
Costa Rica | CHIQUITA BRANDS | HR Today, as it was 80 years ago The hell on earth of banana plantations …
“Sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open…”
Chile | HR | MEMORY Never forget “Sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open…” This September 11 marked …
Fyffes’ conduct is one and the same
Honduras | Canadá | SINDICATOS | DDHH In Canada like in Honduras Fyffes’ conduct is one and the same Gerardo Iglesias …
A life devoted to defending human rights
Last Wednesday, February 15, the Uruguayan national Belela Herrera, a great champion of human rights recognized throughout the continent, was awarded the Human Rights Journalism Prize in recognition of her decades-long advocacy work.
The military junta will fall!
Human rights organizations estimate that since the coup d’état some 2,000 people have been killed by military forces and another 15,000 have been arrested. The Burmese dictatorship uses repressive tactics that are well known in Latin America.
“The perpetrator of these crimes is agribusiness”
The murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and the confirmation, on June 16, of the discovery of their dismembered and burnt bodies shocked the world. This violence, however, committed under the cloak of impunity and fueled by the current government’s hate speech, is something that native peoples and their defenders have been suffering for decades.
“Rel UITA arrives in the country at a historic moment”
Carlos H. Reyes, historic union leader and former president of our member organization, the Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers(Stibys), spoke with La Rel about the role that the IUF and its Latin American Regional Office have played throughout the twelve years of resistance and struggle of the Honduran people following the civilian-military coup in 2009.
Twelve long years of solidarity
On June 28, 2009, with the decisive support of the armed forces and under the feigned outrage of the United States, the de facto powers of Honduras staged a coup d’état that toppled the country’s democratic institutions and ushered in twelve years of pillaging, terror, and relentless violation of rights.
The pit
As expected, the pandemic exacerbated inequalities between countries and between individuals. In a new and detailed report, Oxfam shows just how vast the gap is.