TFA Statement on the imprisonment of journalist Jose Ruben Zamora TASK FORCE ON THE AMERICAS condemns the Guatemalan government’s arrest of anti-corruption journalist Jose Ruben Zamora. As the publisher of the newspaper el Periodoco, Zamora’s arrest has alarmed people around the world about the deteriorating human rights situation and increased repression and censorship in Guatemala. Rights Action reports … Read More
By Roger D. Harris, Board Member TFA The Workers’ Summit of the Americas in Tijuana was organized as an alternative to Biden’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles as a place where countries besieged by and barred from the US could participate. This Encuentro was held in cooperation with the Peoples Summit in Los … Read More
By Rick Sterling, President of TFA Board The People’s Summit for Democracy took place in Los Angeles on June 6 – 8. I attended the inspiring conference along with Theresa Cameranesi and David Paul from TFA. The People’s Summit was convened by a coalition of organizations and unions, with endorsement from TFA and other activist … Read More
By Gustavo A. Maranges Editor’s note: This article has been lightly edited because of changes in time. In the civil society forums at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in early June, clashes between those who support the hegemonic role of the United States and those who defend the sovereignty of the … Read More
By Vijay Prashad, historian, and journalist Empire denies its own existence. It does not exist as an empire but only as benevolence, with its mission to spread human rights and sustainable development across the world. However, that perspective means nothing in Havana nor in Caracas, where ‘human rights have come to mean regime change, and … Read More