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TODAY'S EPISODE: Lawfare: Judicial & Legislative Coups in Argentina and PeruJoining me today is my friend and co-host Raul Burbano. Raul is the Program Director for Common Frontiers based in Toronto. Common Frontiers is a WTF broadcast partnerGUESTS: Aníbal Ibarra and Daniela Ortiz.Anibal is the former Mayor of Buenos Aires and Federal Prosecutor. Anibal is currently a criminal defense lawyer and member of the Broad Front political party. Daniela Ortiz is a peruvian artist and antiracist militant who lives in Urubamba, Peru. She was part of the Campaign against immigrant detention centers in Catalunya from 2009 until 2012, The Espacio del Inmigrante in Barcelona from 2012 until 2016, during the pandemic she was part of the Red de Cuidados Anti Racistas in Barcelona and was founder of the Madrecitas Colectiva against judicialization of motherhood and childhood of migrant families and the removal of custodies. She now is part of the Frente de Lucha Materna in Peru where she currently lives.BACKGROUND:Argentina:On Tuesday, December 6, An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case.The vice president, who has temporary immunity due to her current role, will not face immediate prison time and is expected to appeal the sentence, with the case likely to spend years winding through higher courts.Technically, she could run for office while the appeals are pending, but she said on Tuesday that she "would not be a candidate for anything" in next year's general election.Fernandez de Kirchner, who served as president for two terms between 2007 and 2015 and commands rock-star crowds of supporters, faced charges of alleged corruption in the awarding of public works during her presidencyThe court acquitted her on another count of "illicit association".Peru:The crisis in Peru has reached the streets, after Congress dismissed former President Pedro Castillo on December 7 for wanting to dissolve Parliament and establish an emergency government. The appointment of Vice President Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic, far from bringing calm, has led to a wave of protests in Lima and in the interior of the country.Faced with this situation, Boluarte declared yesterday a 30-day state of emergency throughout the country and presented to Congress a proposal to advance the general elections to April 2024, two years ahead of schedule. Now possibly 2023.Many defend the return of Castillo -now detained in preventive detention-, but there are at least three other claims on the streets.The resignation of President Dina BoluarteClosing of the Current CongressA Constituent AssemblyFOLLOW OUR GUESTSRaul BurbanoAnibal IbarraDaniela OrtizFrente de Lucha MaternaADDITIONAL LINKS:Argentina's Vice President Faces a "Media-Judicial Firing Squad"Peru Goes to the Polls: 2021 Presidential ElectionsPedro Castillo Assumes the Presidency of PeruWTF is Going on in Latin America & the Caribbean is a Popular Resistance broadcast in partnership with Black Alliance for Peace Haiti/Americas Team CODEPINK, Common Frontiers, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Friends of Latin America, InterReligious Task Force on Central America, Massachusetts Peace Action and Task Force on the Americas.
Super-Exploitation and Resistance brings you our first Field Report, dispatches from our on-the-ground coverage in Latin America. In this episode we take a look at three recent elections in the region—Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Honduras—where the left secured important victories in each country, striking important blows against imperialism in Latin America. What are the implications of these results for the left and US-LatAm relations? How will US and Canadian imperialism react?Our guests are: Teri Mattson, Latin America Coordinator with CODEPINK who participated in the elections in all three countries; Michelle Munjanattu, a member of the creative committee of this podcast and an internationalist who accompanied the presidential election on Nov. 7; as well as Raul Burbano, SER producer who visited Venezuela during regional elections on Nov. 21; and host José Luis Granados Ceja who accompanied the vote in Venezuela and Honduras.Music: Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7565-impact-preludeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Common Frontiers director Raul Burbano, about the up rising in Colombia. From April 28 to May 8, the violent actions of the state security forces resulted in the death of least 47 people, the arbitrary detention of 963 people, 28 victims ofeye-related injuries, and 12 victims of sexual violence. In total, they registered 1,876 cases of police violence. Yet despite the violence people kept coming out in defiance of the latest austerity package introduce by president Duque. Colombia has been known for decades, as the epicentre for violence against indigenous movements and workers. A country with seven USA military bases, intimidating their neighbours and its local population. Raul reminds us that revolution is still a dance for people in Latin America, as people correct the history of colonization and conquest of America as a story of unceasing dignity. Not a day has gone without rebellion to injustice, repression and exploitation.These are challenging times for everyone, more than ever we need to support independent media, consider supporting this show at www.latinwavesmedia.com
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers regarding the new NAFTA agreement being pushed by the Trump administration. How these agreements subvert democratic rule, weaken worker and environmental rights and how they are related to the mass migration we are seeing form the global south. And how we as citizens need to stop fighting each other and play a role in international solidarity movements.
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers regarding the new NAFTA agreement being pushed by the Trump administration. How these agreements subvert democratic rule, weaken worker and environmental rights and how they are related to the mass migration we are seeing form the global south. And how we as citizens need to stop fighting each other and play a role in international solidarity movements.
Latin Waves’ host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Raul Burbano, about the coup in Bolivia, the new face of imperialism and colonization. And also the opportunities for solidarity across borders. The ways revolutionary movements across Latin America, link up with Indigenous movements in Canada. The spirit of power that is coupled with justice is cultivated and cannot be legislated. A hope filled view of revolutionary processes in Latin America and Turtle Island.
Latin Waves’ host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Raul Burbano, about the coup in Bolivia, the new face of imperialism and colonization. And also the opportunities for solidarity across borders. The ways revolutionary movements across Latin America, link up with Indigenous movements in Canada. The spirit of power that is coupled with justice is cultivated and cannot be legislated. A hope filled view of revolutionary processes in Latin America and Turtle Island.
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers regarding the new NAFTA agreement being pushed by the Trump administration. How these agreements subvert democratic rule, weaken worker and environmental rights and how they are related to the mass migration we are seeing form the global south. And how we as citizens need to stop fighting each other and play a role in international solidarity movements.
Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers, they speak about the historic role of neoliberalism in the dirty wars of Latin America and the current ongoing attempted coup in Venezuela, what is happening currently in Honduras and how the mainstream is supporting that oppressive government. And how in Ontario under conservative rule neoliberalism is threatening health care and education. How we as citizens need to make the connections to fight back, what happens to Venezuela also happens to Canadians and workers worldwide.
Host Sylvia Richardson interviews Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers, they speak about the historic role of neoliberalism in the dirty wars of Latin America and the current ongoing attempted coup in Venezuela, what is happening currently in Honduras and how the mainstream is supporting that oppressive government. And how in Ontario under conservative rule neoliberalism is threatening health care and education. How we as citizens need to make the connections to fight back, what happens to Venezuela also happens to Canadians and workers worldwide.
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers about the ongoing Coup attempts in Venezuela, why Venezuela has been singled out and the role of ordinary citizens in holding their governments like Canada accountable when they endorse these illegal actions in our name. He speaks about the recent elections in Venezuela which had hundreds of electoral observers and how to get more info that is not being properly given by the mainstream media. Its critical to be well informed as our governments are fermenting a situation that could lead to a bloody civil war as 9 Million Venezuelans voted for President Madura only a few months ago.
Host Sylvia speaks to Raul Burbano from Common Frontiers about the ongoing Coup attempts in Venezuela, why Venezuela has been singled out and the role of ordinary citizens in holding their governments like Canada accountable when they endorse these illegal actions in our name. He speaks about the recent elections in Venezuela which had hundreds of electoral observers and how to get more info that is not being properly given by the mainstream media. Its critical to be well informed as our governments are fermenting a situation that could lead to a bloody civil war as 9 Million Venezuelans voted for President Madura only a few months ago.
“I believe that we should be working with the Venezuelan government to strengthen their democracy, to strengthen the economy and to support the participatory process and move away from the sanctions because historically sanctions have not benefited the people, if anything, they hurt people, the average Venezuelan,” said Raul Burbano of Common Frontiers, an umbrella group of labour and civil society organizations.
Raul Burbano, program director at Common Frontiers, a working group of Canadian labour and civil rights organizations, said Canada’s position on Venezuela is one-sided and misinformed.
Raul Burbano, program director of the People's Social Forum in Ottawa, tells Carmel Kilkenny about the event.
Conversación con Raul Burbano, director de la ONG Fronteras Comunes y coordinador de la delegación de observadores internacionales de Canadá en Honduras.
Raul Burbano, director de Fronteras Comunes y coordinador de la delegación canadiense en Honduras