In Ecuador, organisations like FECAOL are standing at the frontlines of a battle between peasant communities and multinational agribusinesses.
In Ecuador, organisations like FECAOL are standing at the frontlines of a battle between peasant communities and multinational agribusinesses.
Tomorrow in Honduras social movements led by the Mesa de Indignacion de El Progreso (including Latin America Week speaker Karina Flores) will march on the presidential palace calling for the removal of illegitimate, US-backed president Juan Orlando Hernandez. The choice many in Honduras feel that they face is a stark one: remove the president or join the other 'caravana' of emigrants heading north.#INVITACIÓN La Mesa De Indignación De Progreso Invita A Toda La Ciudadanía A Que Nos Sumemos A La Gran Caravana De La Dignidad Rumbo A Tegucigalpa, Nos Juntaremos En La Barca Y De Ahí Partiremos Hacía Tegus,
Vamos Pueblo ¿Lo Sacamos O Emigramos? Hagamos Historia Juntos....
#CaravanaMigrante¡Cruzamos cualquier frontera porque somos ciudadanos del mundo! :)
Ilustración: Psylo Sabin y @Colorama
"'Thousands of Central American migrants have defied Donald Trump and streamed over the international bridge from Guatemala into Mexico, where some clashed with riot police in an attempt to continue their journey north. Singing the Honduran national anthem and chanting “Yes we could!”, the crowd of about 3,000 people – including entire families pushing wheelchairs and strollers – walked across the bridge over the muddy Suchiate river on Friday afternoon."
www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/19/mexico-caravan-migrants-prepares-us-border-crossing-latest
Caravan of 3,000 Central American migrants crosses into Mexico
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Mexico has drafted in two planeloads of police to border with the migrants hoping to reach US despite Trump’s hostility