OBJECTIVE:
For students to familiarise themselves with the Latin American region and learn
about the main issues affecting its people. To present the diversity of the region,
its place in the world, its richness and challenges.
"For the international left in the 1970s and 1980s, Daniel Ortega personified resistance to US imperialism in Latin America and the Sandinista Revolution was a beacon of hope for socialism. Since 1990, however, his pragmatic approach to politics has seen him abandon his Marxist-socialist roots and consolidate a series of pacts with right-wing, conservative elites within Nicaragua and internationally …
"Ortega has betrayed the values of the Sandinista Revolution and its socialist principles. Any support given to him and his regime, even when framed as a rejection of imperialist interventionism, reveals, in the words of the Socialist International, ‘an outdated view of the relations between sovereignty and human rights’. Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have become the protagonists of a self-convened, non-violent insurrection to reclaim basic human rights that the regime has systematically dismantled."
www.scottishleftreview.scot/betrayal-of-the-sandinista-revolution/
Betrayal of the Sandinista revolution – RADICAL SCOTTISH WRITING
scottishleftreview.scot
Power pacts, authoritan laws and killings have killed the dream of freedom in Nicaragua and betrayed the Sandinista revolution
Si en Nicaragua hubo una insurreccion no violenta , Por que murieron casi 30 policias nicaraguenses? En los meses de esas protestas "no violentas". Policias en algunos casos secuestrados torturados y sus cuerpos quemados en la via publica.
As well as the massive ecological damage caused by palm oil monoculture, it is a key factor in driving migration from Guatemalan communities forced out of subsistence agriculture.
www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-border-guatemala/guatemalan-farms-shift-to-palm-oil-fu…
Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration
reuters.com
In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant g...
Peace Brigades International – Colombia Project
Colombia is by far the world’s most dangerous place for human rights defenders, according to Front Line Defenders, an international NGO that monitors violence targeting social leaders. In its 2018 report, Front Line Defenders said that 126 human rights defenders (HRDs) were killed in Colombia last year. vía Colombia Reports
"For the international left in the 1970s and 1980s, Daniel Ortega personified resistance to US imperialism in Latin America and the Sandinista Revolution was a beacon of hope for socialism. Since 1990, however, his pragmatic approach to politics has seen him abandon his Marxist-socialist roots and consolidate a series of pacts with right-wing, conservative elites within Nicaragua and internationally ...
"Ortega has betrayed the values of the Sandinista Revolution and its socialist principles. Any support given to him and his regime, even when framed as a rejection of imperialist interventionism, reveals, in the words of the Socialist International, ‘an outdated view of the relations between sovereignty and human rights’. Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have become the protagonists of a self-convened, non-violent insurrection to reclaim basic human rights that the regime has systematically dismantled."
www.scottishleftreview.scot/betrayal-of-the-sandinista-revolution/
Betrayal of the Sandinista revolution - RADICAL SCOTTISH WRITING
scottishleftreview.scot
Power pacts, authoritan laws and killings have killed the dream of freedom in Nicaragua and betrayed the Sandinista revolution
Si en Nicaragua hubo una insurreccion no violenta , Por que murieron casi 30 policias nicaraguenses? En los meses de esas protestas "no violentas". Policias en algunos casos secuestrados torturados y sus cuerpos quemados en la via publica.
As well as the massive ecological damage caused by palm oil monoculture, it is a key factor in driving migration from Guatemalan communities forced out of subsistence agriculture.
www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-border-guatemala/guatemalan-farms-shift-to-palm-oil-fu...
Guatemalan farms shift to palm oil, fueling family migration
reuters.com
In the poor, hot region of Guatemala that was home to a seven-year-old migrant g...
Peace Brigades International - Colombia Project
Colombia is by far the world’s most dangerous place for human rights defenders, according to Front Line Defenders, an international NGO that monitors violence targeting social leaders. In its 2018 report, Front Line Defenders said that 126 human rights defenders (HRDs) were killed in Colombia last year. vía Colombia Reports
This event is on Monday 21st January, 7pm, 55/56 Middle Abbey Street, #Dublin. #Cerrejón #climatechange #Coal #Mining #LatinAmerica #Colombia
Lunchtime talk on #Cerrejón coal mine, #climatechange, and worker’s rights, Monday 21st Jan12.30pm, 12-14 Mount Street Lower, Dublin.
https://t.co/bLn9TkLZ2S
