Task Force on the Americas Statement TFA Denounces Colombia’s Denial of Entry for TFA board member Teri Mattson While enroute to observe the upcoming high stakes election in Colombia, Teri Mattson was denied entry by Colombian authorities and had her passport seized. After arriving at 6:55 am on May 22, she was forced to spend … Read More
by Jeff Abbott, Journalist Alfredo Cristiani, the former president of El Salvador, has been charged by prosecutors for his role in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests at the height of the country’s internal armed conflict. He is accused along with twelve others, primarily high-ranking members of the military. “[The case] has been a … Read More
By Stansfield Smith During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. Soft coups, a new strategy, are a significant change from the brutal 1970s military hard coups in … Read More
By La Tinta On January 27th of this year, Xiomara Castro assumed the presidency of Honduras. Working with a coalition of parties, organizations and social movements, the president faces a seemingly unmanageable number of challenges. Among them, the plundering of national resources, and the fulfillment of demands that the indigenous peoples and peasants of Honduras … Read More
A United States government delegation that visited Venezuela in March failed to produce an agreement with the government of Nicolás Maduro.