Anti-Militarism: News & Updates

This article by ProPublica examines the special treatment enjoyed by convicted then pardoned Juan Orlando Hernandez, former President of Honduras, who was imprisoned for accepting bribes and allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S.

On the 60th anniversary of his death, Colombia finally recovered and returned the remains of priest, sociologist, and guerrilla fighter Camilo Torres Restrepo, ending a six-decade disappearance that began with his killing by the Army in 1966. His reburial at the National University crowns a long struggle led by social movements and human rights advocates, turning his case into a powerful symbol of the country’s broader fight for truth, memory, and justice for the disappeared.

UN experts revealed at least 80 Indigenous Guatemalan children were illegally disappeared, institutionalized, and adopted abroad, and raised alarms over alleged involvement of current attorney general Consuelo Porras. They are urging Guatemala to investigate state officials, bar rights-abusing candidates from top posts, and guarantee truth, justice, and reparations for victims.

UN experts revealed at least 80 Indigenous Guatemalan children were illegally disappeared, institutionalized, and adopted abroad, and raised alarms over alleged involvement of current attorney general Consuelo Porras. They are urging Guatemala to investigate state officials, bar rights-abusing candidates from top posts, and guarantee truth, justice, and reparations for victims.

this article by the media outlet truthout examines Peter Thiels involvement in creating Economic enclaves within Honduras 

This piece highlights five recent in-depth reports that use original data and investigative research to reveal how U.S. immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation systems are expanding and shifting in practice. It argues that careful, expert-driven analysis-—rather than headline news—-offers the clearest view of who is being targeted, how enforcement works, and who profits from it.

ICE’s detention system is expanding at an unprecedented pace, with 237 facilities now detaining migrants.  Making sense of that expansion requires making the limited data ICE releases publicly accessible and understandable. That means tools that turn spreadsheets into insight, that make facility-level information accessible to reporters on deadline, researchers conducting analysis, and advocates tracking conditions on the ground.DetentionReports.com, a public tool tracking ICE detention facilities, has launched major upgrades including an interactive national map, new comparison graphs, and an archive of ICE detention contracts.

Progressive leaders from 20 countries met in Bogotá for the Nuestra América convening, adopting a joint declaration to coordinate resistance to U.S. coercive policies and defend sovereignty and self-determination across the Americas. The gathering launched a new hemispheric alliance of governments, unions, and social movements committed to collective action and international solidarity.