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“Problema”: fascinating film of ideas

November 5, 2010 By Bill Meyer

This eight-year project is one of the most thought-provoking and stimulating intellectual exercises ever recorded on film.

Behind the death threats against supporters of Afro-Colombians

October 27, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Death threats have been made against U.S. organizations working in solidarity with Colombia. On October 10, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) received its third death threat this year from Colombian "Black Eagles" paramilitaries.

U.S. lawmakers call for halt to Honduras military aid

October 25, 2010 By Emile Schepers

Thirty members of the United States House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton asking her to cut off U.S. aid to the armed forces and police in Honduras, until...

Amnesty urges Cuban Five case review

October 19, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Human rights group, Amnesty International, issued a call to U.S. officials to review the case of the Cuban Five, citing serious violations of the prisoners' rights.

Appeal for support for Iran hunger strikers

August 6, 2010 By Committee for Defence of Iranian Peoples Rights

Hunger strikers in Iran's notorious Evin Prison are approaching their third week without food in protest at being transferred to solitary confinement, inhuman prison conditions and violent treatment.