Latin American Human Rights

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Chomsky.Info
Chomsky, Noam
Website
The Noam Chomsky Web site.
Connexions: Volume 7, Number 1 - March 1982
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1982
Don't be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart
Benjamin, Medea (ed.)
Book
1989
Elvia Alvarado provides a firsthand account of her experiences as a peasant organizer and the efforts of her peasant communities as they struggle to obtain land, food, education, and healthcare.
Ecuador 1960-1963: A Textbook of Dirty Tricks
Blum, William
Article
1995
An account of the CIA-backed coups in Ecuador of 1960-1963.
Guatemala 1962 to 1980s
Blum, William
Article
1995
An account of the United States' repeated intereventions in Guatemala.
Our Generation: Volume 4 Number 3
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1966
Our Generation: Volume 7 Number 3
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1970
Our Generation: Volume 10 Number 2
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1974
Relentless Persistence: Nonviolent Action in Latin America
McManus, Philip and Schlabach, Gerald (ed.)
Book
1991
There is in Latin America a tradition of "firmeza permanente," relentless persistence, which has enabled the people to preserve parts of their culture during five centuries of conquest and oppression.
The rising repression of social protest in Latin America
Castro, Nazaret
Article
2017
On 17 October, 2017, the corpse of Santiago Maldonado appeared in the Chubut River. The young activist had been missing for 80 days. The suspense surrounding Maldonado’s whereabouts aroused a great se...
State-Sponsored Violence Against Women: Against The Current vol. 121
Cervera, Julia Perez
Article
2006
The words of Latin American women continue to have no value to those who legislate, govern and administer justice. The permissiveness and omissions of state laws, institutions and functionaries in res...
Uruguay 1964-1970
Blum, William
Article
1995
An account of American involvement in torture and counter-insurgency in Uruguay.
The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism: The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1
Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward S.
Book
1979
Chomsky and Herman demonstrate, with devasting logic and overwhelming documentation, that the purpose of U.S. global policy is to make the world safe for exploitation by U.S. corporate interests and t...
What Uncle Sam Really Wants
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1993
Chomsky discusses examples of U.S. intervention and links together events stretching over four decades in regions throughout the world. He provides a quick synopsis of American foreign policy and pain...

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Amnesty International, Canadian Section
Amnesty International is a worldwide human rights organization which works to secure the release of all prisoners of conscience, works for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners, and works...
Chomsky.info
The Noam Chomsky Web site.

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The Inter-Church Committee For Refugees
Organization profile published 1982
Organization
1982