In the tradition of music as a medium for struggles for freedom, Rod Starz of hip hop duo Rebel Diaz insists on wielding dissident cultural resistance to strengthen solidarity between the Americas and Palestine.
In Latin America, Palestine not only represents the struggle of a people refusing to submit to subjugation and dispossession, but also evokes the spirit of perseverance, resistance, and the desire to live a dignified life.
Santiago Navarro F and Regina López for Avispa Midia
Indigenous Nahua community members recovered their ancestral land in Michoacan on Mexico's Pacific coast in 2009. Amid legal and criminal violence, the struggle continues.
Mexico’s new tourist train has been hailed as the Yucatán’s salvation, but experts and activists warn of the potentially devastating environmental and cultural consequences of the outgoing president’s flagship megaproject.
The Miskitu community along Nicaragua’s coast has long faced persecution and invisibilization. A recent increase in migration highlights the need for asylum protections for Miskitu youth.
Sociologist and environmental activist Alegna Malavé Marrero talks about the battle against privatization and corruption threatening natural resources and the nation’s cultural identity.
Diego Oliveira Brandão, Julia Arieira, and Carlos Afonso Nobre
The science is clear: rehabilitating the Amazon rainforest is essential to mitigating climate change and reversing biodiversity loss. Indigenous knowledge must play a central role.
