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Five months without Tehuel: what we know so far
In recent weeks, Oscar Montes, one of those arrested, requested to testify but gave false leads. The reward for anyone who provides concrete information leading to his capture has been doubled.
The future is now: we must unite in our diversity and fight against climate collapse
The new IPCC report sounds the alarm for humanity, emitting apocalyptic chants that in their verses sing of irreversible changes for centuries and millennia.
Mothers of the mountain: Indigenous memories and knowledge for a good life
Based on an Ethnic Memory Workshop, the stories of “Cries of the Mothers of the Mountain, Voices of Women in Struggle” rescue ancestral knowledge and experiences of good living of women and trans people from seven indigenous peoples of the Salta Chaco.
The Wrong Body?: Gender Identity, Rights and Transition Pathways
Excerpt from the book "A Wrong Body?", a text that weaves together testimony, essay and the journey as a trans activist, feminist and lawyer of Constanza Valdés, published by La Pollera in Chile.
Indigenous people, farmers, and LGBT people in Guatemala held a historic plurinational strike
The main demands of the strike focused on the corruption of the current government, the "mismanagement" of the pandemic, the increase in prices of basic foodstuffs, and the exclusion of indigenous populations from impactful public policies.
Investigation into the death of Fatima, a 29-year-old trans woman, in Formosa: police violence is alleged
Fátima Barrios, a 29-year-old trans woman, died following a police operation. She is being accused of institutional violence. The autopsy results are pending.
Although Veracruz does not recognize gender identity, more and more trans people are achieving it through legal means.
While Veracruz continues to ignore proposals for a gender identity law, the long struggle of trans people has resulted in more and more of them achieving recognition of their identity, sometimes without needing legal protection.
Who protects human rights activists? From collective care to self-care
To reflect on activism, illness but also paths to healing, Presentes spoke with two activists and an official about the internal dynamics of social movements and what it means to defend human rights.
They demand the Justice system clarify the death of the young trans woman Victoria Núñez: they point the finger at the police
Self-organized transvestites and trans people, along with family and friends, demanded that the justice system investigate the case and clarify the causes of her death, and called on the national, provincial, and municipal governments to address the lack of concrete public policies for the community.
In Mexico, people march for the transfemicides of Aline and Fabiola
Aline Sánchez, 41, was murdered in her apartment in Mexicaltzingo, State of Mexico (Edomex), on July 19. 400 kilometers away, in the city of San Luis Potosí, Fabiola Rivera, 43, was murdered in her beauty salon in the early morning of July 21.