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Juan López, murdered after denouncing extractive industries and drug traffickers, fought tirelessly to protect Aguán's rivers and communities. His story mirrors decades of violence against Honduran environmentalists.
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Juan López, asesinado tras denunciar las industrias extractivas y el narcotráfico, luchó incansablemente para proteger los ríos y las comunidades del Aguán. Su historia refleja décadas de violencia contra los ambientalistas hondureños.
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Latin America News Dispatch retweeted
Honduras es uno de los tres países más peligrosos para activistas ambientales. El asesinato de Juan López es un muestra sobre como la corrupción, el narcotrafico y extractivismo ataca a quienes defienden el agua y la vida.
Este texto en @LatAmDispatch escrito por @danielfonsec_
🇭🇳 En Honduras, el funeral de Juan López, defensor ambiental asesinado en Tocoa, se convierte en un grito de justicia.
✍️Lee la historia completa escrita por:
@danielfonsec_
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Latin America News Dispatch retweeted
Juan Lopez lideró una lucha contra varias formas de extractivismo en el Aguán: la minera, el narcotráfico y la política corrupta.
Les cuento más en este artículo 👇
🇭🇳 En Honduras, el funeral de Juan López, defensor ambiental asesinado en Tocoa, se convierte en un grito de justicia.
✍️Lee la historia completa escrita por:
@danielfonsec_
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🇭🇳 In Honduras, the funeral of Juan López, an environmental defender murdered in Tocoa, becomes a cry for justice.
✍️Read the whole story written by:
@danielfonsec_
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🇭🇳 En Honduras, el funeral de Juan López, defensor ambiental asesinado en Tocoa, se convierte en un grito de justicia.
✍️Lee la historia completa escrita por:
@danielfonsec_
latindispatch.com/2024/11/18…
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Virtual reality museum Realidad Helicoide allows visitors to walk through the halls and meet with the guards and political prisoners of El Helicoide, Venezuela’s largest torture center. latindispatch.com/2023/06/26…
ALT A woman with long red hair and dressed in a striped shirt wears a virtual reality headset. She is shown looking off into the striking image of the outside of El Helicoide, Venezuela's largest prison and torture center (Voces de la Memoria)
Today is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Thirty former political prisoners come together to show the world what El Helicoide is like. Their hope is to close torture centers in Venezuela.
latindispatch.com/2023/06/26…
María Belén Power told @MotherJones, “It’s the same folks fleeing violence in Central and Latin America who are not getting paid fair wages, who are also living with some of the worst impacts of climate crisis.”
Check out the full story: latindispatch.com/2023/04/26…
ALT 📷: City Hall in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The city has been working with community-based environmental justice organization GreenRoots to find solutions to climate risk. (City of Chelsea Massachusetts Gov / Facebook)
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🗞️🌎 Support Journalism About Latin America ¡Por el periodismo! 💜 Greetings, buen día, and bom dia to our followers and readers!
We are a small, student-run publication in need of donations to help us continue our work 🎁🙌
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“CHINA, THE AMERICAS, AND LITHIUM — A TALE OF INVESTMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS”
Commodity booms, superpower rivalries, and a rising lithium market: Read the full story on Sino-Latin America relations by @aem832 at the link below.
latindispatch.com/2023/04/08…
ALT 📷: Chinatown in Lima, Perú. China has become an important trading partner to the South American country. (Alex Person / Unsplash)
China’s increased “foothold” in Latin America has “[caused] anxiety in Washington about China’s desire to blunt U.S. influence,” writes Miquel Vila Moreno for World Politics Review. However, this concern is overstated, argues Moreno.
Full story: latindispatch.com/2023/04/08…
ALT China's flag is seen standing amongst a row of Latin American and Caribbean country flags. The wall reads "China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States" in Chinese characters, English and Spanish (Cancillería del Ecuador / Flickr)
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 14.
Find out what's at stake for Brazil-China relations at the following link [4 minute read]: latindispatch.com/2023/03/24…
✍️ Original reporting done by Jacob Kessler
ALT 📷: Left: Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a news conference in São Paulo on Aug. 22 (Miguel Schincariol / AFP), Right: Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Beijing on Oct. 16 (Yao Dawei / Associated Press)
Latin America News Dispatch retweeted
Major migration changes are underway within Latin America & the Caribbean
JUST PUBLISHED: Top-level insight from our @SeleeAndrew @ruizags @diegochavesg @Mariamoravar @andreatanco & Valerie Lacarte
migrationpolicy.org/article/…
ALT Venezuelan migrants at the Colombian border
FROM THE NEWSDESK. Cúcuta, Colombia. “A slow and incomplete process”: Take an inside look at how rapprochement between Colombia and Venezuela has been shaping up at the following link: latindispatch.com/2023/03/20…
✍️ Original reporting done by Mie Hoejris Dahl
@Miehdahl
ALT 📷: People walk along the sidewalk in the border city of Cúcuta, Colombia. (De ca/Unsplash)
Latin America News Dispatch retweeted
This week, the following piece was published in @LatAmDispatch, to which I gave some of my thoughts on Lula's visit to China. latindispatch.com/2023/03/24…
Latin America News Dispatch retweeted
What's the impact of #Colombia & #Venezuela re-establishing relations?
Disappointment, continuous security issues & legitimization of Vzlan govt despite HR violations. But also some progress & hope.
My reporting from the border for @LatAmDispatch:
latindispatch.com/2023/03/20… – at Cúcuta, Colombia
