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“The Agrarian Platform rejects the characterization of the massacre that took place in the community of Rigores, Finca Paso Aguán, as a conflict between farmers; it reaffirms that the farmers’ struggle is nonviolent and can achieve success through legal channels, unity, and a popular movement, and calls for an independent investigation into the events that occurred.
The Peace Brigades International-Colombia Project has amplified a social media a post from mullu.tv that reports:
“Repression and Persecution
Amid the ongoing protests in Bolivia against the government of Rodrigo Paz, activists Adriana Guzmán and Diana Vargas—members of the Anti-Patriarchal Community Feminism movement and Feministas del Abya Yala—were detained on May 22. Along with them, at least 60 other people were arrested during the protests demanding the president’s resignation.
Women human rights defenders across the world are fighting for positive change in their communities within an increasingly violent global context. They share many challenges experienced by their male counterparts but face additional obstacles because they undermine the status quo twice over: through their work in its own right, and through their implicit challenge to accepted norms about the role of women in society.
Trump’s mass deportation campaign has wreaked havoc and terror on communities across the U.S. since his second term began. According to Just Security’s Litigation Tracker, the Trump administration has faced over 600 challenges to its polices largely adopted by executive order with over 100 of those challenges focused on rights violations committed during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
In a January 27, 2026 post on social media, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Team shared:
The PBI-Honduras Alert can be read in full here.
PBI-accompanied organizations spoke out quickly and clearly against the military aggression and attack carried out by the United States against Venezuela. Read responses from the region and around the world below.
Honduras
COPINH social media image: “No to war in Venezuela! No to war over the resources of the Venezuelan people!”