Rights Action shares this update and analysis on Edwin and Raul's trial (facing trumped up charges filed by the corrupt, repressive, U.S. and Canadian backed government) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
This update is from AquiAbajo.org and written by Karen Spring, Edwin's partner.

Honduran democracy & human rights defenders on trial
On September 13 and 14, Edwin Espinal and Raúl Álvarez will stand trial on trumped up charges stemming from protests against the 2017 elections that were violently and fraudulently stolen by the U.S. and Canadian-backed regime of President Juan Orlando Hernandez.

Forced Migrancy & Refugee Flight

“The inevitable outcomes of conquest, capitalist globalization and climate change generating mass dispossession worldwide”
(Harsha Walia)

35 community and environmental defenders from Azacualpa and other villages are being prosecuted on trumped up charges. Aura Minerals/MINOSA had 19 people charged since 2017. Now, 16 more have been added. They face criminal charges of "damages to private property".

Son 35 defensores de las comunidad y del medioambiente de Azacualpa y otras aldeas, con procesos judiciales. Aura Minerals/MINOSA tenía procesados a 19 personas desde 2017. Ahora, se suma unos 16 más. Son procesos por « daños y perjuicios a la propiedad privada ».

Rights Action highly recommends Harsha Walia’s book about forced migrancy and refugee flight across the planet, in our unjust, unequal Nation State system.

“Berta reminded the world that the hurt that pours out in Honduras today is a result of colonialism, capitalism and imperialism and it has everything to do with not just the US but also Canada. … It is unacceptable that Canadians know so little about how our foreign policy is hurting people around the world.”
(Tracy Glynn)

Here, links to two mainstream news articles about forced migrancy from Central America that border on voyeurism capitalizing on suffering.

En 2019, Pan American Silver (que compró Tahoe Resources en 2019) optó, a través de una demanda histórica en Canadá, por pagar reparaciones a las víctimas guatemaltecas de la represión y violencia minera de Tahoe Resources ocurrida en 2013. (https://mailchi.mp/rightsaction/pan-american-silver-forced-to-offer-settlement-to-guatemala-victims-of-mining-repression)