Americas Program’s photojournalism report from Friday’s October 2nd March in Mexico City.
We have strongly agreed with youth and families that this is a crime of the state. That has profound implications for Mexico, the citizenry and international relations. With the experts report confirming this, now is the time to stand with the parents and demand accountability. We urge you to read and view the materials here and take action.
This Week in the Americas Obama’s Latin America Policy Shows Little Progress and Some Setbacks By Adam Isacson, Wayne S. Smith, Tom Barry, and Laura Carlsen After a year in office, we can no longer…
This Week in the Americas Dear Friends, First of all, thank you for your support—we made our reader fundraising goal! For those of you who gave to keep the program alive, many thanks, and for…
Dear Friends, The CIP Americas Program is very pleased to present this series of 10 Citizen Action Profiles on Communication Rights. In a world where media monopolies control so much of what we know about…
As we take stock of the situation in the Americas several situations jump out. The first is the massive violations of women’s human rights in Honduras under the coup regime. In this Special Issue of the Updater we present the full report presented before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
CALL FOR TRANSLATORS Dear Friends, I want to thank all of you out there who volunteer your time to translate our articles. You’re a vital part of the Americas Program and your great work has…
Dear Friends, From here in Mexico City, the Americas Program straddles the distance between Honduras and Washington, DC. That distance has grown over the past few days. This week the Obama administration scuttled the Oct.…
WHAT’S NEW ON AMERICAS PROGRAM BLOGS: http://www.americasmexico.blogspot.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/transborderproject/ New from the Americas Program Ecuador: The Battle for Natural Resources Intensifies By Raúl Zibechi Ecuador was shaken by a new indigenous uprising in September, in…
Dear Friends, This week’s Americas Updater is a special on Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border. As domestic policy debates and explosions in other parts of the world capture the headlines, the slow-burning crises on our…