Notes by María Eugenia Ludueña
Five pieces of good news about HIV from the Rio Conference
Never before has there been so much scientific innovation in the treatment and prevention of HIV. However, "innovation without access is injustice" was one of the recurring phrases…
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HIV: Protests over cuts and patents at the International AIDS Conference in Rio
While scientific advances coexist with healthcare cuts driven by right-wing governments, Brazil and its universal healthcare model offer a counterpoint…
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"We are not dangerous, we are in danger": 10 years since the march "Stop transvesticide, transfemicide and transhomicide"
The tenth Plurinational Anti-Racist March, "Stop Transvesticide, Transfemicide, and Transhomicide," brought together transvestite, trans, and non-binary activists on International Pride Day and also called for…
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Georgina Orellano released: she was arrested after a meeting about the suspicious death of a trans colleague
Georgina Orellano, a sex worker and general secretary of AMMAR, was arrested early this morning along with two colleagues, Estrella Sanmapiña and Victoria Arriondo. The story behind it: a suspicious death…
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Not One Less: Feminist movements took to the streets en masse against gender violence
Eleven years after the first Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) march, the fight against gender violence and the pain of the femicides of Agostina, Dulce, and Noelia mobilized massively…
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Antifascist pride at the largest LGBTQIA+ gathering in Latin America and the Caribbean
The antifascist Pride movement convened the largest regional conference on sexual diversity in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro. Against a backdrop of escalating anti-rights offensives, more…
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Soledad Cayunao: tried for defending water, she was acquitted and her case uncovered the plot of dispossession
Soledad Cayunao went to trial for defending the headwaters of the Chubut River. Despite being acquitted, she cannot return to Mapuche territory. During the trial, the…
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Glaciers Law: The largest class-action lawsuit in history is being called to stop the reform
"The struggle continues," reads the document that was read at the vigil while Congress approved the controversial reform to the Glaciers Law. Three organizations are calling for…
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24M: The march in photos and voices of diversity
The massive march for the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice was a message from the Argentine people to official denialism.
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Interview with Sayak Valencia: From gore capitalism to necropatriarchy
From Tijuana, transfeminist philosopher Sayak Valencia analyzes how violence structures a system of power and consumption. She explains the phallocentric logic that strengthens ultraconservatism and…
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