Jan 29, 2019
Trudeau plays willing partner to Trump's attempted coup in Venezuela
Brent Patterson
Trudeau willing to sell weapons to the autocratic monarchy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia but draws the line with Chavezista socialists in Venezuela.
Brent Patterson
Brent Patterson is a political activist and writer. He has worked in solidarity with revolutionary Nicaragua, advocated for the rights of prisoners in jails and federal prisons, taken part in civil disobedience actions in Toronto's financial district and at the Ontario Legislature, and participated in street protests at the Battle of Seattle and at UN climate summits. He supported cross-country activism at The Council of Canadians for almost 20 years. Brent has a BA in Political Science from the University of Saskatchewan and an MA in International Relations from York University. He lives in Ottawa on the traditional, unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Algonquin nation.
Jan 26, 2019
Peaceful Resistance of La Laguna challenges deforestation in Guatemala
Brent Patterson
Forest defenders face risks as deforestation driven by agri-business, logging and drug trafficking worsens climate breakdown and intensifies harm to Indigenous cultures.
Jan 24, 2019
Mexican president's Mayan Train project rejected by Indigenous peoples
Brent Patterson
A proposed multi-billion-dollar tourist train through tropical forests opposed by Indigenous peoples and the Zapatistas draws the interest of Canadian investors.
Jan 23, 2019
Migrant justice groups on U.S.-Mexico border face harassment and threats
Brent Patterson
The migrant justice groups that support the caravans and individuals crossing Mexico into the United States also need protection and support.
Jan 23, 2019
Guatemalan community feminists seek end to violence against the land and women
Brent Patterson
TZK'AT links extractivism, dispossession, and the criminalization of land defenders to patriarchy, violence against Indigenous women and emphasizes the need for spiritual recovery.
Jan 22, 2019
Municipal Summit for Water and Life rejects harmful mine in Tocoa, Honduras
Brent Patterson
A community forum of more than 2,000 people has said no to the mines that endanger their rivers and drinking water.
Jan 22, 2019
Mayan Q’eqchi’ communities resist hydroelectric dams in Guatemala
Brent Patterson
The Resistencia Pacifica de Cahabón (Peaceful Resistance Cahabón) opposes the OXEC I and II hydroelectric dams that lack free, prior and informed consent.
Jan 22, 2019
Guatemalans protest against expulsion of United Nations anti-corruption commission
Brent Patterson
Guatemalan president's actions raise concerns about a slow-motion coup, human rights violations, more forced migration, impunity for war crimes, and electoral fraud.
Jan 20, 2019
Berta Cáceres group backs Wet'suwet'en struggle
Brent Patterson
The Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras says "no to the plunder" of Wet'suwet'en territories.
Jan 19, 2019
Honduran activists oppose Cuyagual dam despite dangers
Brent Patterson
Community activists in Honduras are opposing dams on the Cuyamel River over concerns about the environment and Indigenous rights.
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