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Juan López, asesinado tras denunciar las industrias extractivas y el narcotráfico, luchó incansablemente para proteger los ríos y las comunidades del Aguán. Su historia refleja décadas de violencia contra los ambientalistas hondureños.

https://t.co/d4Z4lagExl

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Juan López, murdered after denouncing extractive industries and drug traffickers, fought tirelessly to protect Aguán's rivers and communities. His story mirrors decades of violence against Honduran environmentalists.

https://t.co/4P4Nehkuie

[Carmen Valeria @carmenstrual]

Honduras es uno de los tres países más peligrosos para activistas ambientales. El asesinato de Juan López es un muestra sobre como la corrupción, el narcotrafico y extractivismo ataca a quienes defienden el agua y la vida.

Este texto en @LatAmDispatch escrito por @danielfonsec_

[Daniel Fonseca @danielfonsec_]

Juan Lopez lideró una lucha contra varias formas de extractivismo en el Aguán: la minera, el narcotráfico y la política corrupta.

Les cuento más en este artículo 👇

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🇭🇳 En Honduras, el funeral de Juan López, defensor ambiental asesinado en Tocoa, se convierte en un grito de justicia.

✍️Lee la historia completa escrita por:
@danielfonsec_

https://t.co/d4Z4lagExl

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🇭🇳 In Honduras, the funeral of Juan López, an environmental defender murdered in Tocoa, becomes a cry for justice.

✍️Read the whole story written by:
@danielfonsec_

https://t.co/4P4Nehl27M

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Virtual reality museum Realidad Helicoide allows visitors to walk through the halls and meet with the guards and political prisoners of El Helicoide, Venezuela’s largest torture center. https://t.co/YG4vKhsDpW

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Today is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Thirty former political prisoners come together to show the world what El Helicoide is like. Their hope is to close torture centers in Venezuela.

https://t.co/YG4vKhsDpW

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María Belén Power told @MotherJones, “It’s the same folks fleeing violence in Central and Latin America who are not getting paid fair wages, who are also living with some of the worst impacts of climate crisis.”

Check out the full story: https://t.co/18n9KS9M33

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“CHINA, THE AMERICAS, AND LITHIUM — A TALE OF INVESTMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS”

Commodity booms, superpower rivalries, and a rising lithium market: Read the full story on Sino-Latin America relations by @aem832 at the link below.

https://t.co/wu1w8jalZH

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China’s increased “foothold” in Latin America has “[caused] anxiety in Washington about China’s desire to blunt U.S. influence,” writes Miquel Vila Moreno for World Politics Review. However, this concern is overstated, argues Moreno.

Full story: https://t.co/mtponmYKHZ

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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on April 14.

Find out what's at stake for Brazil-China relations at the following link [4 minute read]: https://t.co/gZaE0iDbyY

✍️ Original reporting done by Jacob Kessler

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

Major migration changes are underway within Latin America & the Caribbean

JUST PUBLISHED: Top-level insight from our @SeleeAndrew @ruizags @diegochavesg @Mariamoravar @andreatanco & Valerie Lacarte
https://t.co/jLe7lAG867

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FROM THE NEWSDESK. Cúcuta, Colombia. “A slow and incomplete process”: Take an inside look at how rapprochement between Colombia and Venezuela has been shaping up at the following link: https://t.co/I5zRx2deVG

✍️ Original reporting done by Mie Hoejris Dahl
@Miehdahl

[Rafael Almeida Ferreira Abrão @almeida_abrao]

This week, the following piece was published in @LatAmDispatch, to which I gave some of my thoughts on Lula's visit to China. https://t.co/uDgBD9hyAY

[Mie Hoejris Dahl @Miehdahl]

What's the impact of #Colombia & #Venezuela re-establishing relations?
Disappointment, continuous security issues & legitimization of Vzlan govt despite HR violations. But also some progress & hope.
My reporting from the border for @LatAmDispatch:
https://t.co/tumEzq2DbK