Each time Dallas4Ayotzinapa gets together for an action, we usually end it with each one of the participants taking a photograph of one of the 43 disappeared students. We take the photo and place it next to a lit candle that we have shaped into the number 43
South America articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for better democracy across North and South America (not including the United States) in this highly diverse and quickly changing region. Also see our World Democracy section or our articles on Central America or on giants Brazil and Mexico.
Ayotzinapa Somos Todos From Dallas to All
The parents, relatives, and friends of the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa have gotten together with a group of us from the United States – now called the Caravana43 – to bring awareness to their cause, because the world needs to know that this horror cannot be silenced any longer.
Selma Organizer Refuses to March With George Bush
Diane Nash, civil rights activist and Selma organizer who led the original march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge was scheduled to march on Saturday, March 7th but refused at the last minute when she saw George W. Bush was to help lead the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
VIDEO: Obama Claims Venezuela Extraordinary Threat
Take a look at this Democracy Now! video featuring a discussion on Obama’s recent Venezuela sanctions and a diplomatic clash
New Age Repression of World’s Political Cartoonists
Violence in Europe and state repression in South America leave political cartoonists in new dangers
Amid Brazil Slump, Opposition Plans Anti-Rousseff March
Crisis for Brazil President sparking wide discontent as opposition anti-rousseff march set for 15th
Marking 50 Years Since Controversial 1965 Immigration Law
Patterning their wings is a motif taken from signs that riddle highways along the US/Mexico Border, signifying the crossing of undocumented immigrants.
USA Welcomes Caravana43: Todos Somos Ayotzinapa!
I want to let you all know that finally the Caravana43 will enter the USA with the parents and students of the disappeared normalistas of Ayotzinapa, Mexico
Brazil Ruling Party Threatened by Growing Graft Crisis
Massive Petrogas corruption scandal leaves the Brazil ruling party threatened with fall of leaders
US Cuba Relations: Time For a Reconnection?
Ultimately it will be up to the political leadership of the two sides to put aside the mistrust of the last fifty years and try to set a new path forward where people can build trust and reestablish a connections beneficial for both countries.