- Response Tactics to Internet Shutdowns in Latin America Read the original post in Spanish by Indira Cornelio. Translated by Natalia Guerrero. This blog is part of WITNESS’ global campaign ‘Eyes on Internet Shutdowns: Documenting for Human Rights’. As we face a rising number of internet shutdowns across the globe, this post highlights tactics employed by our friends and allies across Latin America. Internet […]
- Mexico: Indigenous Community in Júba Wajiín Use Video to Help Stop Mining on Their Land In Mexico, a community triumphs against mining companies seeking to exploit its territory through organizing and a video advocacy strategy.
- The Audiovisual in Latin America: Decolonizing the Frame Laura Salas, regional coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, reports back on the recent regional Video for Change convening in Mexico.
- Women Counter Gender-Based Violence with Video in Latin America As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we highlight the stories of those using video in creative ways to combat gender-based violence in Latin America.
- Music Monday: 16 Liberating Voices For Women’s Rights These women artists sing about obstacles to social justice while also affirming and celebrating their invaluable role in bringing about change.
- The Cost of A Border Surge? 5,000 Dead and Counting A new documentary shows the human cost of immigration through the stories of migrants' remains found in the Sonoran desert, and through those who work to identify them.
- Using a Film to Nail a Dictator Efrain Ríos Montt is going to trial. The brutal Guatemalan dictator is the first head of state to be prosecuted for genocide in genuine proceedings in his own country. And my video evidence helped send him there. By Guest Blogger Pamela Yates
- Victims of the Latin American War on Drugs Make the Case for Reform Latin American drug policies have made no dent in the drug trade; instead they have taken a tremendous toll on human lives. In 2009, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Transnational Institute (TNI) embarked on an ambitious project to document the real impact of Latin America’s “war on drugs” and to show its human cost through the video testimoniesof the victims themselves.
- Forced evictions in focus at the Americas Social Forum More than 15,000 Indigenous people at risk of being forcibly removed from their lands to make way for the construction of the Inambari Hydroelectric Center in Peru, a series of six dams in the Peruvian Amazon that will cost $15 billion dollars and, when ready, send approximately 80% of its energy to support large industries in neighboring Brazil.
