Created with flickr slideshow.Thousands of people descended on Lower Manhattan for the 10th Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, on September 11, 2011. Lines file past the metal fence of Trinity Church where ribbons are tied for the nearly 3000 that lost their lives. A man plays Amazing Grace on his flute as the people walk by. Family members console each other. A NYPD officer stares into the crowd. A group of young adults sing to those who pass. Behind them, the new One World Trade Center has already breached the lower Manhattan skyline, standing dozens of stories high.Across the street, protesters demand that the cover-up around 9-11 be truly investigated, and that the Bush administration be held responsible for engineering the attacks. 9/11 was an inside job, reads the shirt of one man, blindfolded by an American flag.Pictures taken by Michael Fox (Estreito Meios Productions). For more pictures, visit flickr.com/photo/estreitomeios. From NACLA Report on the AmericasJanuary/February 2012In the 1980s, as the U.S. government under President Ronald Reagan supported repressive governments and covert wars across Central America, U.S. citizens responded, refusing to allow their tax dollars to fund violence and U.S. intervention. Churches played an integral role as a new Latin America solidarity movement grew. Groups like Witness for Peace were born, bringing over 10,000 people to Nicaragua during the 1980s.The Central American wars were eventually resolved, but two decades later, the region is again covered in violence. Among the most disturbing cases is Honduras, which in June 2009 suffered Central Americas first coup detat of the 21st century and now has the highest homicide rate in the world. Jenny Atlee worked for Witness for Peace in the 1980s, leading delegations and documenting the impact of the U.S.-backed war in Nicaragua. She has lived and done solidarity work in Central America ever since. With the 2009 coup, Atlee and other solidarity activists began to lead delegations to Honduras to learn, as they had in Nicaragua, from the realities on the ground and to address U.S. policy in the region. She currently works for the Nicaragua-U.S. Friendship Office, coordinating the Honduras Accompaniment Project (friendshipamericas.org).Read the complete article. From NACLA Report on the AmericasSeptember/October 2011In Honduras, state-sponsored repression is on the rise, even as the Porfirio Lobo government champions human rights as one of its highest priorities. Honduran human rights defender Bertha Oliva explains how human rights discourse in Latin America is being transformed from a tool to protect the victims into one for publicity and manipulation.Read the complete article. Nessa primavera, Pandu morreu. Deixou a vida nos bracos de Madri, com um sorriso no rosto. Despediu-se desse mundo feliz. Para nao abandonar Pandu no territorio da morte, Madri decidiu ser queimada junto ao corpo dele, mas para isso, fez Kunti prometer que cuidaria dos gemeos como se fossem seus filhos.- Nao se preocupe, eles partilharao tudo.E assim, sem uma queixa, Madri deixou sua jovem vida no coracao das chamas. Bhishma e Satyavati haviam vindo de Hastinapura para assistir a cremacao de Pandu. Satyavati ja estava envelhecida, os cabelos brancos. Aproximou-se