Central America

My Brightest Diamond On Our Darkest Trash Problem

Uncensored Interview — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:03:13 -0800

Brooklyn songstress Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, discusses the global environmental and humanitarian problems created by the United States shipping its trash overseas.

UDHR60: Warren Feek, Communication Initiative

Sameer Padania — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:15:24 -0800

Warren Feek is ED of the Communication Initiative, and answers our question, "What image opened your eyes to human rights?"
Warren speaks movingly of the deep impact that the Black Power salute made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the Olympic podium at Mexico 1968 had on him as a young man in New Zealand.

UDHR60: Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression

Sameer Padania — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:12:06 -0800

Frank La Rue is the UN's Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and answers our question "What image opened your eyes to human rights?"

Frank is a Guatemalan human rights lawyer, and has served as special adviser on human rights to the President of Guatemala. Here he talks about two episodes in Guatemala that will stay with him forever.

Plan Mexico

artadriso — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:45:37 -0800

Social movements and security inicitives.
The perfil of "Plan Mexico"

Roundup: Highlights this week on the Hub

Priscila Néri — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:49:18 -0700

Three highlights from the wonderful world of the Hub this week:

1) On the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the WITNESS Media Archive brought us selection of raw footage shot by Jesus Tecú Osorio, a WITNESS partner and survivor of the Guatemala's Rio Negro Massacre. How important is documentation for human rights advocacy and memory? Hear it from Jesus himself:

Archiving the Rio Negro Genocide for Memory and Evidence

Grace Lile — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:43:28 -0700

I first became familiar with the stories of Rio Negro and Jesus Tecu Osorio not long after coming to work at WITNESS, five years ago. I watched A Massacre Remembered and A Right To Justice/Derecho a la Justicia, two short advocacy videos using footage shot by Jesus that powerfully call for justice for survivors of the Guatemalan genocide.

WITNESS Media Archive: Footage from Rio Negro Massacre

WITNESS Media Archive — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:11:24 -0700

On March 13, 1982, eleven-year-old Jesus Tecú Osorio watched the torture, rape and slaughter of 177 women and children in his village, including most of his family. The Rio Negro massacre was one of many mass killings carried out against Mayan civilians during a period of extreme and almost unimaginable brutality during Guatemala’s 36-year civil war.

Agua un Derecho Negado en El Salvador I (Water Rights in El Salvador)

democraciaazul — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:31:17 -0700

"Spot" de 30 segundos del documental titulado "Agua: Un Derecho Negado" sobre la falta de acceso al agua en El Salvador... Parte de la Campaña Ciudadana: El Agua es Nuestra: Democracia Azul

WITNESS VAI: Laura Pilar Salas Sanchez from Mexico

WITNESS VAI — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:29:26 -0700

An interview with Laura Pilar Salas Sanchez from the Proyecto de Derechos Economicos, Sociales y Culturales (ProDESC) in Mexico. Laura was a participant in WITNESS' 2008 Video Advocacy Institute.

El Salvador: Pronunciamiento contra de la mineria en Cabañas

democraciaazul — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:09:32 -0700

El Sacertode Somasco de Cuyantepeque se pronuncia en contra de la mineria en Cabañas, El Salvador, durante la segunada caminata Ecuménica por la Vida, en julio del 2008