SOUTH AMERICA

‘Quilombola communities live in fear because the laws that are supposed to protect them are ignored’

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

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

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

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘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

‘We had hoped the election would lead to a negotiated transition’

‘We demand that the violation of the rights of nature be recognised and reversed’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Chiquita verdict offers hope for corporate accountability

US banana corporation found responsible for human rights abuses in Colombia

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Anti-rights groups attacked the Pride march to try to undermine its peaceful character’