Podcasting Nimbin

15 Mb. 20 minutes

Karen Spring is a journalist and researcher based in Honduras. She was present during the 2009 coup and is currently working out of the main human rights office in Honduras (COFEDAH). An expert observer of Honduran politics, she gives her assessment of what is happening in the lead up to the Honduras'elections, behind the facade presented to the rest of the world.

Janette describes her experience of life in a Zapatista community, with a strong emphasis on the role of women.

A Mexican photojournalist who covered the zapatista uprising of January 1 1994 describes his experience of a Zapatista community 18 years later.

Mariposa talks about her life in Nicaragua and her love for that country, in spite of having been a participant in the Salvadoran revolutionary process.

Mariposa habla sobre los razones que ella vive casi en exilio en Nicaragua, su respeto y amor por el pais, aunque todavia participa en los procesos politicos de El Salvador.

Mariposa comments on the current debate in El Salvador and other countries in the region of Central America about the issue of ím punity' - or amnesty for those known to be guilty of war crimes and gross human rights violations that took place during the 12 year civil war in El Salvador.

Mariposa habla sobre 'la impunidad' para los militares y otros culpable de violaciones de los derechos humanos y crimenes de guerra (masacres y torturas). Ahora en El Salvador hay un fuerte debate sobre la impunidad y los atentos de controlar los archivos de Tutela Legal, la oficina establecido por el asesinado arzobispado Arnulfo Romero y la Igesia Catolica, para invesigar los violaciones de los derechos humanos de los Salvadorenos.

13MB 18 mins. estereo

Rodolfo Pacheco, un maestro Mexicano explica el como y el porque de las protestas de los maestros. LOs maestros han occupado el Zocalo desde hace 5 meses protestando una ley de 'Reforma Educativa'. Los maestro dicen que es mas una ley de reforma laboral porque obliga a los maestros a someterse a una evaluacion para seguir trabajando en su profesion.

En la segunda semana de Septiembre se pasaron la ley, y los maestros cerraron el centro de Ciudad Mexico, y hubo enfrentamientos con la policia. El viernes fueron desalojados del Zocalo. Los maestros se han ubicado en otros lugares, y siguen con sus desfiles.

Rudolfo Pacheco, a Mexican Philosophy teacher explains the whys and wherefores of the Mexican teachers' protests. The teachers have occupied the Zocalo for over 5 months in protest against 'Educational Reform' legislation, claiming that it is more about labor reform than educational reform, because it requires the teachers to undergo periodic evaluation to continue working in their profession.

In the second week of September the legislation was passed, and the teachers shut down the centre of Mexico City with confrontations with the police. On Friday they were evicted from the Zocalo and they have relocated to other public locations in the city, and are continuing with their protest marches.

8Mb mono 14 minutes

Second part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.

4Mb. Mono. 7 mintes

First part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.