Letter from GHRC June 21, 2013
The attack on GHRC a couple of weeks ago was a sharp reminder of what a dangerous time this is for human rights defenders in Guatemala. The messages of hate and violence posted on our facebook page...
View ArticleNACLA Report: Chavismo After Chávez
Introduction: Chavismo After Chávez by Fred Rosen It is not the intention of this report to pass final—or even interim—judgment on the 14-year presidency of Hugo Chávez, on his style of leadership, or...
View ArticleBolivia in São Paolo: Photos by Leandro Viana
Beautiful photos on NACLA Report webpage Bolivia in São Paolo: Photos by Leandro Viana
View ArticleVolunteer Drivers Needed to Take Farmworkers to Immigration Offices in Buffalo
One of the significant needs of our migrant farmworker community is for help with transportation. This need peaks during the planting and harvesting seasons when migrant populations are the highest....
View ArticleRally and Vigil to support fair and humane immigration reform
Join the Greater Rochester Coalition for Immigration Justice, the Worker Justice Center of New York, and a growing list of co-sponsors to: Demand real immigration reform that includes a pathway to...
View ArticleUpdate on the Americas, 2013 Spring Summer
Download a copy of the Update 2013 Spring/Summer
View ArticleGHRC Letter July 2, 2013
In “La Puya” Guatemala, members of the communities of San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc have been blocking the construction of the Tambor gold mine for over a year. Last week, they joined forces...
View ArticleUNASUR Summons a meeting to Analyze Affront to Evo Morales
Quito, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the South American Nations (UNASUR), Ali Rodriguez, summoned an extraordinary meeting of the bloc to analyze the refusal of European countries to...
View ArticleNo, I’m not going to the world cup.
Published on Jun 17, 2013 Twitter: @CarlaDauden This video was recorded right before the recent protests started, but with all of this going on, it becomes even more evident that the World Cup and the...
View ArticleVenezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia offer asylum to Edward Snowden
President Maduro offers to protect NSA whistleblower ‘from persecution by the empire’ and rejects US extradition request Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US...
View ArticleROCLA 40th Anniversary Celebration
ROCLA*40 YEARS*ROCLA*40 YEARS*ROCLA ROCHESTER COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICA CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE IN LATIN AMERICA ROCLA WAS FOUNDED BY A GROUP OF VISIONARY ACTIVISTS IN...
View ArticleSave the Date for the film “Harvest of Empire”
ONYX FILMS EVS Communications Loquito Productions P r e s e n t 90 mins | Unrated | English and Spanish with English subtitles / U.S. | All Rights Available Thursday, September 19, 2013 6:15 PM St....
View ArticleUS Embassy, DEA Obstructing Investigation Into Drug War Killings in Honduras
Friday, 26 July 2013 00:00 By Sandra Cuffe and Karen Spring, Truthout | Report More than a year has passed since a DEA-assisted drug war operation in the Honduran Moskitia killed four indigenous...
View ArticleSnapshots from the 40th Anniversary Celebration
The snapshots from the anniversary celebration are posted on ROCLA’s Facebook page.
View ArticleReam Kidane & Vic Vinkey Report Back on Their Trip to Cuba
WEDNESDAY, September 4th 7:00 PM DOWNTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 121 NORTH FITZHUGH STREET, ROCHESTER I am happy to report that, thanks to the wonderful generosity of 51 people and organizations, this...
View ArticleROCLA marks 40 years of activism
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Forty years ago, a group of local activists came together to advocate for social justice in Latin America. ROCLA sought to be a bridge between Rochester and Latin...
View ArticlePRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE’S FAREWELL SPEECH
over Radio Magallenes, September 11, 1973 Surely this will be the last opportunity I will have to address myself to you. The air force has bombed the towers of Radio Portales and Radio Corporacion. My...
View ArticleRace in Immigration Politics and Policy: FR. LUIS BARRIOS
AN EVENING OF SHARING & DISCUSSION WITH FR. LUIS BARRIOS Dr. Luis Barrios is Chair of the Department of Latin American Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, the...
View Article
