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New Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples: A Refreshing Contribution from Venezuela to the World

September 16, 2020September 17, 2020 COHA Sanctions, Venezuela

The founding of the Simón Bolívar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples on September 6, 2020 marks a new political milestone. In the most difficult of circumstances, having to cope with not only the U.S. and Canadian sanctions but the pandemic as well, the Bolivarian Revolution has made this effort for the benefit of all who believe in its liberatory ideals across the planet…

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Fire, the Right to Breathe, and the Aesthetics of Protest in the Americas

June 30, 2020July 3, 2020 COHA COVID-19, police brutality, Social inequality

Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes and Lara Sartorio Gonçalves From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil It is a recurring debate.

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The Death of Alejandro Treuquil and the disregard for Mapuche lives in Chile

June 15, 2020June 18, 2020 COHA Alejandro Treuquil, Chile, Mapuche

Last June 4, the spokesperson for the We Newen Community, Alejandro Treuquil, was assassinated, shot by unknown assailants while he was searching for his horse; three other persons were wounded in the incident. This all happened in the town of Collipulli, in the Araucanía region…