Interview with Tatiana Rojas about her new documentary, “Guerreros del arcoiris,” which focuses on the political situation in Bolivia and specifically the separatista movement, led by right-wing governors seeking to counteract the national government of Evo Morales. We spoke about the different uses of the concept of autonomy and the centralization/decentralization of power in Bolivia and Venezuela.
Special report with interviews to relatives of political prisoners from San Salvador Atenco.
Interview with Trinidad Ramírez Velázquez, wife of Ignacio del Valle recorded at San Salvador Atenco. Doña Trinidad speaks of the new sentences against the 13 political prisoners from Atenco, the struggle for their liberation, the conditions at the maximum security prison, and Ignacio del Valle’s reaction.
Interview with doña Francisca and don Paco Hernández, parents of Oscar Hernández Pacheco, prisoner at Molino de Flores, sentenced to over 30 years in prison this past August 21. The parents of the young political prisoner speak of their son, the way in which he was detained, the ordeal the family has gone through, the cruel sentence, and their struggle to free their son.
Interview with Italia Méndez, former prisoner and torture victim, recorded during the political-cultural event organized by the Other Campaign at the encampment in front of the Molino de Flores prison, in solidarity with political prisoners.
Update on the No Borders Camp; Situation in Chiapas (Opddic); Invitation to the Women’s encounter in La Garrucha; Indigenous struggle at the University of California, Berkeley; Struggle in New Orleans – Katrina victims.
María speaks to us about grassroots organizing for the May 1st marches. She also speaks about the current situation of immigrants in the US, in particular in California, and about the challenges for political participation of Latino women, who are doubly discriminated against. Visit Mujeres Unidas y Activas‘s webpage and participate.
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