US Troops Will Return to Ecuador, Decades after Removal by Correa

  US Troops Will Return to Ecuador, Decades after Removal by Correa By Benjamin Zinevich, February 20, 2024 Daniel Noboa with the National Police and Armed Forces of Ecuador  Photo: Presidencia Ecuador     Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa ratified military cooperation agreements between Ecuador and the United States on February 15. The agreements regarding joint … Read More

‘Very afraid’: Colombian human rights lawyer loses security after winning prize

Adil Meléndez Márquez received call from bodyguards 20 minutes after Sir Henry Brooke award from Alliance for Lawyers at Risk Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Thu 15 Feb 2024 05.30 EST   “I’m very afraid,” says Colombian lawyer Adil Meléndez Márquez, the day after being presented with an award in London honouring human rights defenders. Adil … Read More

Groups Demand Freedom for Water Defenders in El Salvador

“We need the continued support of the international community to ensure that basic human rights, such as the right to due process, are upheld in El Salvador,” said one local campaigner. JESSICA CORBETT Feb 16, 2024 In the wake of right-wing Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele recent reelection, 245 groups from 31 countries on Friday renewed calls for his … Read More

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