NOVANEWS by MADRE Efrain Rios Montt (Fot. JORGE DAN LOPEZ REUTERS)The international human rights community has been watching for months as former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was brought to trial, thirty years after he led a […]
NOVANEWS News from Colombia Human rights groups have reported the torture and extrajudicial execution of two FARC guerrillas seized by army troops operating in Narino province of Colombia. The two men, Gumercindo Guerrero Preciado and […]
NOVANEWS Closing arguments have begun in the historic trial against U.S.-backed Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, the first head of state in the Americas to stand trial for genocide. Ríos Montt is charged with overseeing […]
NOVANEWS An analysis of why people migrate The horrors of U.S.-backed civil wars have been the primary cause of migration from Central America, while ‘free trade’ policies have displaced workers and farmers throughout Mexico. This […]
NOVANEWS Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will expel the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from the country, accusing the agency of seeking to “conspire against” the Bolivian people and […]
On April 16th a judge ordered the military and police out of indigenous land in the Brazilian state of Para. Hundreds of Brazilian natives occupy Congress to stop proposed land policy. by Derrick Broze A […]
NOVANEWS by JGVibes Community organizations in Santa Eulalia are calling for contributions to cover funeral expenses and to support Daniel’s family in this difficult time. He leaves behind an ailing wife and eight children. Anti-mining community […]
NOVANEWS ‘The 21st-century version of the Tower of London’ By Eugene Puryear APRIL 20, 2013 Protest in Manchester, UK The U.S. military, in a perverse attempt at transparency, reported on April 17 that the ongoing hunger strike at […]
NOVANEWS Demonstrations outside Court House demand justice for Mayan people By Jacqueline Villagomez Outside Court House The trial of Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt—for the genocidal murders of Guatemalan Indigenous people in the 1980s—was annulled on […]
NOVANEWS Correa’s re-election strengthens the progressive trend in South America. The progressive forces in South America were further consolidated with the 17 February third-term presidential electoral victory of Ecuador’s Rafael Correa. (Due to constitutional […]