Latin America & Caribbean
Digital Health in Brazil: imperial threat or promise of sovereignty?

Experts agree that the benefits of telehealth programs are clear, but they warn that without massive investment in public technologies, there is a major risk of handing over health data to foreign corporations

Milei’s hallucination: Iranian troops in Bolivia and Hezbollah in Chile

Argentine Minister of Security made statements accusing Bolivia and Chile of hosting Iranian soldiers and members of Hezbollah, in a clear escalation against its neighbors

For Brazilian social movements, Lula’s program for agrarian reform doesn’t solve urgent problems

Peasant organizations point out that the announced measures do not tackle the country’s land concentration

Demilitarization and peace sovereignty are foundations for global health, People’s Health Assembly concludes

Health activists attending the People’s Health Assembly called for peace and demilitarization as a means to Health for All

Israeli tourists attack vigil in Cusco in support of Palestine

In Cusco, the community holds weekly vigils to express their support for Palestine and denounce the ongoing genocide

During Red April, Brazil’s MST restates the importance of agrarian reform

MST actions in April are focused on occupying land for food production and fighting hunger

5th People’s Health Assembly calls for the transformation of health systems

Activists at the 5th People’s Health Assembly called for the transformation of health systems, and to build strategies and unite struggles against privatization and corporate capture

Argentine unions call another general strike for May 9

On May 9, the General Confederation of Labor will hold its second strike since the beginning of Milei’s administration

Sevim Dağdelen: the double standards of the West are on full display at the ICJ

The German MP writes that the response of Germany to Nicaragua’s charges of aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza has been to downplay its role in supplying arms and question the premise that genocide is already taking place

Milei celebrates violent repression of thousands protesting hunger in Argentina

Police cracked down on a protest of thousands of workers in the capital who demanded the government listen to its demands to send food to the community kitchens and address the growing hunger in the country

Violence against women is a public health crisis, say health activists

During its 5th edition, activists congregated at the People’s Health Assembly in Mar del Plata discussed the initiatives of the feminist movement to expand access to health for all

The assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán: A reflection on the armed conflict in Colombia

April 9 marks 76 years since the assassination of Gaitán, considered the beginning of the long social and armed conflict that continues to take lives in Colombia today