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SF: Der Palmölkrieg - Energiepflanzen vertreiben Kolumbiens Kleinbauern

In Kolumbiens Regenwäldern spielt sich eine Tragödie ab. Für den Anbau von Palmölplantagen werden in der Provinz Chocó Zehntausende Kleinbauern vertrieben und massakriert. Christliche Missionare versuchen die Bedrohten zu schützen, jedoch mit mässigem Erfolg. Unter den Missionaren ist auch der Schweizer Pater Josef Schönenberger. Der Filmemacher Frank Garbely ist mit ihm in den Regenwald gereist und zeigt die Hintergründe dieser Vertreibungstaktik auf.

Guatemala: Alert on extreme vulnerability of democratic institutions and increased risk of attacks and threats

The political and social instability of Guatemala has grown worse with the murder of Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg on 10 May and the broadcast the next day of a video in which he accuses high-level government officials of plotting his assassination, including President Álvaro Colom and his wife. He accuses the latter of being the intellectual authors of his murder, or at least of authorizing it, in order to cover up other alleged killings and acts of corruption at a bank which manages a large amount of State funds. 

Guatemala: Alert on extreme vulnerability of democratic institutions and increased risk of attacks and threats

The political and social instability of Guatemala has grown worse with the murder of Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg on 10 May and the broadcast the next day of a video in which he accuses high-level government officials of plotting his assassination, including President Álvaro Colom and his wife. He accuses the latter of being the intellectual authors of his murder, or at least of authorizing it, in order to cover up other alleged killings and acts of corruption at a bank which manages a large amount of State funds. 

CCAJAR: Ongoing Nightmare at the DAS

It was recently learned that over the last years the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) has been illegally intercepting communications (wiretapping), carrying out surveillance, and gathering information on persons and organizations this institution considers to be “enemies” of the government. For instance, its scrutinizing eye has been set upon the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice, members of the opposition, trade unionists, and human rights defenders, among other unfortunate “chosen ones.”

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