The Movement 10 of April by this means communicates to all the face of the country that solidary organizations reunited today 26 of June of 2011 in Santiago Veraguas made the following decisions. We contemplate the date of 18 of July in a call to solidary organizations to meet in the Working Jesus missionary center in the population of Tole…
An in-depth look at the controversy surrounding the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam in Panama and the Ngobe-Bugle’s struggle to defend the Rio Tabasara. First published on Intercontinental Cry.
In a land of opportunity for society’s outcasts—Bocas del Toro—someone could get easily get away with murder…or five of them. On the bloody trail of Panama’s first serial killer (Published by Perceptive Travel, March 2011)
On Sunday February 20th 2011, a diverse group of indigenous activists, environmentalists, students and concerned citizens gathered in Panama City to protest changes to the mining code. The new ‘Law 8′ grants foreign companies bold new rights of acquisition and exploitation.
Schedule of action against amendments to the mining laws, Saturday 19th February – Thursday 24th February.
The case regarding the assassination of Fransisco José Garcia Valle – the husband of prominent human rights lawyer Dr María Luisa Acosta – has been admitted to the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights for alleged violations of the right to a fair trial.
At least 24000 people from 62 villages on the Rio Coco are facing famine according to a website, Indigenous Peoples Issues, published 7th November 2010.
The Harrison-Altamirano Treaty between Britain and Nicaragua was signed in 1905 and ratified in 1906. This historic agreement extended Nicaraguan sovereignty over the former Mosquitia and concluded British involvement in the region. Click ‘download’ to download a PDF version.
Scintillating off-shore keys, verdant lagoons, crumbling port towns and scores of ‘end-of-the-world’ settlements conspire to make Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast one of the most photogenic locations in the country. Snapped in April 2010, these images supply fleeting impressions of the Creole communities of Bluefields and Pearl Lagoon, as well as the Garifuna capital of Orinoco, the Corn Islands and Pearl Keys. Further afield, in the Northern Atlantic Autonomus region, the Miskito port of Bilwi and remote village of Waspam are pictured.
Located in Nicaragua’s most remote and disconnected province – the North Atlantic Autonomous Region – the diminutive settlement of Waspam is the centre of the Miskito universe. This short video clip, featuring music from Miskito musician Li Lamni, was shot on take-off from town’s modest airstrip.
Monday, June 27, 2011
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