Awá people shut down railway servicing world’s largest iron mine
By Survival International A protest involving Earth’s most threatened tribe, the Awá, has forced the world’s largest iron ore mine to suspend operations along its main railway line. On Tuesday, hundreds of Indians including the Awá, took to the tracks of Vale’s...Guatemalan soldiers massacre seven indigenous protestors
By Moises Castillo and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena / Associated Press Thousands of indigenous Guatemalans shouted in anger Friday and some threw themselves at the coffins of six local people who were shot to death during a protest over electricity prices and educational...Ct. Supreme Court frees man who raped severely disabled woman because she didn’t fight back
By Zack Beauchamp / Think Progress In a 4-3 ruling Tuesday afternoon, the Connecticut State Supreme Court overturned the sexual assault conviction of a man who had sex with a woman who “has severe cerebral palsy, has the intellectual functional equivalent of a...
Study suggests U.S. Army tested radioactive chemicals on poor black neighborhoods
By David Edwards / The Raw Story A college professor from St. Louis, Missouri has released research claiming that the U.S. Army conducted secret Cold War tests by spraying toxic radioactive chemicals on cities like St. Louis and Corpus Christi. St. Louis Community...
Women gather in Guatemala to organize against devastating megaprojects
In Guatemala, the policy of enclaves and extraction of natural resources fomented by the current development model and by the transnational corporations has a tremendous impact on the life of the communities, particularly on indigenous peoples and women.
With the aim of sharing experiences and analysis among women who lead organizing in defense of rights to land, territory and natural resources in Guatemala, multiple organizations held the national meeting “Women in Defense of of Water, Life and Territory.”