AMERICAS

‘The new law’s purpose is to increase government control over civil society’

Honduras: environmental defenders still under siege

Situation fails to improve despite political change

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘Violence ensures that extractive activities can continue unchallenged’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The focus should be on holding social media companies accountable, not punishing individual users’

‘Civic space is closed and prospects for change are limited, if not non-existent’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The Chiquita case shows it’s possible to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Canada’s First Nations score victory in their quest for rights

Systemic exclusion remains to be addressed

‘Corrupt elites see defenders of justice as a threat to their interests and try to silence them’

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The government wants a civil society aligned with its interests, tamed and silent’

Venezuela struggles to hold on to hope

Having won the election, the opposition now pushes for a negotiated transition