Latin America/ Abya Yala, so called Australia & beyond-Grassroots Movements and First Nations Solidarity Gathering

ACTIONS FOR CHANGE, Tejiendo Rebeldías (weaving rebellions) Grassroots Movements and First Nations Solidarity Gathering Latin America/ Abya Yala, so called Australia & beyond The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) together with other solidarity organisations are convening and organising an International Gathering for and with other activists, leaders, and indigenous as well […]

Colombian President Announces it is Suspending Military Material from Israel in Response to its Actions against Gaza

Colombian President Announces it is Suspending Military Material from Israel in Response to its Actions against Gaza March 3, 2024 Israeli made planes during the Independence Day parade in Bogota. Juancho Torres / Anadolu Agency The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced on Thursday the suspension of the purchase of […]

LASNET documentary screening

This Tuesday FEB. 13th, 7PM at Catalyst (146 Sydney rd., Coburg), our first doco screening at Catalyst Social Centre. Presenting “Even the Rain” following nice food and a collective discussion on colonialism. Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian (Gael Garcia Bernal, The Motorcycle Diaries) and his cynical producer Costa (Luis Tosar, The Limits […]

Latin America remains the deadliest region for environmental defenders

New Global Witness report shows nearly 90% of all environment-linked killings were in the region, driven by land disputes, armed conflict and extractive industries. Fermín Koop, 2023. From: https://dialogochino.net/ At least 177 land and environmental defenders were killed last year for trying to protect the planet – one person every […]

Latin America and the Caribbean: Between the Neoliberal Offensive and New Resistances

From: https://thetricontinental.org/ (2019, for background on last developments in Latin America) Challenges for Popular Movements and Critical Thought. Dossier n°22 (recent analyses on Latin America) Berta Cáceres, 1971-2016 For quite a few years, the people of Latin America and the Caribbean have been confronted by a new advance of imperialism […]

Chile: Victims of eye trauma tell their stories

Review of the new book ‘Ojos: Memoria de un estallido’ edited by Natalia Aravena By Hebe Powell Source LAB: https://lab.org.uk/chile-victims-of-eye-trauma-tell-their-stories/ December 18, 2023 Ojos: Memoria de un estallido is a book put together as a memorial for victims of eye trauma suffered as a result of the fight for human […]

Chile: Mapuche Political Prisoners On Hunger Strike Reaches 2 Months

By Carlos Aznárez, Resumen Latinoamericano, January 12, 2024 Freedom for all the Mapuche political prisoners There are countries where double standards are part of the norm when dealing with political issues, or even worse, with human rights. On the one hand, intermediate officials, ministers and even presidents will hypocritically spout […]

Canadian mining company at centre of deadly Panama protests has no plans to scale back

Pete Evans · CBC News  The Canadian mining company that controls a massive copper mine in Panama says it has no plans to alter its operations despite widespread local protests against the firm’s mining contract that have escalated and turned deadly. Last month, Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd. was awarded a contract to […]

LASNET open meeting, November 18, 2023

Inspiring… Resisting… Creating new Possibilities for Change… An invitation for all those interested in solidarity with Latin America… LASNET OPEN MEETING, Saturday November 18, 2023 (10am-12Noon Zoom AND 2:00PM to 5:00PM in person at Catalyst Social Centre) Register here: https://forms.gle/aHmwuvnyioU4P6ft7 The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) In Australia, Asia, and the Pacific, the […]

Honduras:  Serious Threat against the Life of Garífuna Defender Miriam Miranda

September, 2023 photo: BSM San Pedro Sula, Honduras, On Tuesday four men armed with assault rifles entered the house of the leader of the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (Ofraneh), Miriam Miranda. Ofraneh denounced in its social networks the attack against the privacy of the defender of the territory that took […]

The Network in Defense of Humanity Rejects the Aggressions by Armed Groups against Venezuela near the Border with Colombia

April 5, 2021 The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity, in view of the confrontations that began on March 21 between the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and irregular armed groups in La Victoria, Apure State, near the Colombian border, declares: -It is an insistently repeated […]

UPDATE Part 2 & 3 Pandemic People power online conference

Tomorrow Saturday 16 and Sunday 17, 11am Back by popular demand, this Saturday and Sunday! Pandemic People Power! Parts 2 & 3Where we learn about the power of communities and social movements organising around the world under Covid-19…More inspiration, ideas, music and much more…. REGISTER for access LINK:https://latinamericansolidaritynetwork.org/673-2/or email us […]

Latin America’s ‘Pearl Harbour Event’? Forces of Oppression and Resistance Intensify Across the Region as the Multiple Crises Deepen

Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for SouthFront With the relatively recent arrival of the ‘Coronavirus’ to the region, the chronic failure of neoliberal economic and social planning and development models and strategies to reduce poverty and provide sustainable and equitable, or even remotely viable, development paths has surpassed critical levels. […]

“El neoliberalismo aplica la necropolítica, deja morir a las personas que no son rentables”

Clara Valverde introduce su nuevo libro con la alusión al texto de una pintada en la pared: “Con la dictadura nos mataban. Ahora nos dejan morir”. En ‘De la necropolítica neoliberal a la empatía radical’ (‘Icaria/Más madera’) esta activista política y social y escritora sostiene que el sistema neoliberal es […]

Extractivism is not Development-Extractivismo en America Latina

Film and Discussion night about extractivism in Latin America. A week before to blockade IMARC Oct. 28-31 https://blockadeimarc.com/, we would like to present a short video which illustrate how extractivists neoliberal policies are displacing indigenous communities, destroying the land and increasing exploitation and oppression over people and first nations communities. […]

C0MUNICADO No. 40

Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular Contra el Golpe de Estado DENUNCIA EL FRACASO DE LA FARSA ELECTORAL Con plena satisfacción anunciamos al Pueblo hondureño y a la comunidad internacional que la farsa electoral montada por la dictadura ha sido contundentemente derrotada debido a la raquítica afluencia de votantes a las […]