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Latin America

Members of the Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó march in memory of victims of the continuing violence in Colombia. (Photo: Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartadó)

Reporting Human Rights Abuses Is Not a Crime

We stand with the Colombian Peace Community of San José de Apartadó

Defend the Sacred Alliance ·

A spoiled ballot in Ecuador's recent presidential elections. (Photo by @AlinaDuarte_)

The Dirty Campaign Underlying Ecuador's "Free and Fair" Election

Given all the strikes against Arauz, it is remarkable the progressive presidential candidate Andrés Arauz did so well.

Medea Benjamin ·

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during an event titled: "Dialogue about inequality with global unions and general public" at the Geneva Press Club on March 6, 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Ruling Restores Right of Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva to Challenge Bolsonaro in 2022

"The election starts today," said one prominent political reporter. "It's virtually impossible Lula won't be a candidate.

Brett Wilkins ·

Londoners protest against U.S. and international meddling in Venezuelan affairs on January 28, 2019. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

'Pure Sadism': Biden Blasted for Continuing Trump's Recognition of Guaidó Coup Regime and Deadly Sanctions in Venezuela

"How about a new Good Neighbor Policy on non-interference?" asked CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin. 

Brett Wilkins ·

Demonstrators hold signs saying "Merino is not my president" during a protest against newly appointed interim president Manuel Merino on November 12, 2020 in Lima, Peru. Merino, who was head of National Congress, replaced President Martín Vizcarra after he was ousted by lawmakers over allegations of corruption. (Photo: Renzo Salazar/Getty Images)

Massive Protests in Peru Against 'Legislative Coup' That Ousted President Martín Vizcarra

"All of Peru is fired up, we're all very angry," said one protester. 

Kenny Stancil ·

Citizens in favor of rewriting the Chilean constitution celebrate while awaiting the official results of the referendum at Plaza Italia Square in Santiago, Chile on October 25, 2020. (Photo: Alejandro Olivares/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

'Let This Echo Around the World': Nearly 50 Years After US-Backed Coup, Chile Votes to Rewrite Pinochet Era Constitution

"This historic day belongs to those who have struggled for decades, to those who have given their lives, to the tortured, to the mutilated, and especially to those who remain imprisoned."

Kenny Stancil ·

An indigenous woman signs after casting her vote at a polling station in Huarina, Bolivia, on October 18, 2020 during the country's general election. - Landlocked Bolivia elects a new president on Sunday after a 2019 poll was annulled and follow-up elections postponed twice amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly One Year After 2019 'Right-Wing Coup,' Bolivians Head to the Polls for National Elections

"It is very important that each and every one of us calmly wait for each and every vote to be counted," said Evo Morales, the nation's ousted democratically-elected leader, from exile in Argentina.

Jon Queally ·

Supporters of ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales face off against state security forces in Sacaba, Chapare province, on November 15, 2019. (Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Sanders Leads 30 Democrats in Call for OAS to Avoid Prolonging 'Crisis of Democracy and Human Rights' in Bolivia

Their letter to the State Department demands "that the United States government take responsibility for what is done with our taxpayer dollars."

Brett Wilkins ·

Protesters holding a banner reading, "U.S. Immigration Policy Is A Crime" at a silent protest in January 2020.

Biden Urged to Adopt a Good Neighbor Policy Toward Latin America

 Progressive groups see the need to push a new administration to make a positive contribution to the well-being of people throughout the hemisphere.

Medea Benjamin ·

A Honduran migrant recently released from federal detention boards a bus while carrying his two-year-old daughter at a bus depot on June 11, 2019, in McAllen, Texas.

Urging 'New Good Neighbor Policy,' 100 Groups Demand Biden End US Destructive Imperialist Approach to Latin America

"The next administration must undo the brutal harms of the 2016-2020 Trump administration and must understand how past U.S. economic, security, and environmental policies have fueled mass migration."

Andrea Germanos ·

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