Three candidates from indigenous communities in Paraguay are fighting for a seat in Congress to defend access to land, the rights of women and girls, and to support the environmental struggle.
More than 50 LGBTQ+ organizations yesterday presented a new Organizing Committee for the Pride March-Historical Line (COMOLH). Their goal is "to reclaim the legacy, plurality, and democratic spirit of the most important LGBTQ+ event."
After 28 years as a teacher, Carla Rivero is the director of School No. 79 “Republic of Paraguay” in Tiro Suizo, southern area of Rosario (Santa Fe).
Mónica Jimenez Belmont was 41 years old. Her death was reported on March 31, Transgender Day of Visibility. Family members and activists denounce revictimization and omissions in access to justice.
Ten years ago, Maxim Tabari, a young trans woman, survived an attempted femicide. She was left with lifelong consequences. She fought for ten years to obtain justice. The accused was acquitted but convicted of minor injuries to a police officer.
The needs of Indigenous communities are rarely addressed in political campaigns, nor are their demands heard. Presentes spoke with leaders Daniela Benitez and María Luisa Duarte.
They also claim that judicial and police authorities tried to discourage reporting of the incident.
Disinformation in the days following the shooting fueled transphobic rhetoric. This comes amid a political and social climate in which the lives and human rights of transgender people are being violated in the United States.
8,000 people from peasant and indigenous organizations mobilized in the 29th Peasant March to demand the fulfillment of the Agrarian Reform and the cessation of criminalization.
A judge declared two of the arrests during the Water March in Yucatán illegal. Organizations have denounced the systematic criminalization of activism in the state.
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