Tiffany Dena Loftin’s Letelier-Moffitt Award Speech
The Chilean Student Movement’s tactics are non-traditional, non-violent, and accessible.
Chilean Student Movement and City Life Vida Urbana, group fighting foreclosures, evictions, are recipients of prestigious Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award by Institute for Policy Studies
Washington DC awards ceremony will feature Danny Glover, Camila Vallejo. Event will include music, poetry, food, open bar.
The 36th Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards Ceremony
Join us for our annual awards event to honor our fallen colleagues while celebrating new heroes of the human rights movement from the United States and from Chile.
Travel Writer Michael Jacobs Does Justice to the Andes
An interview with travel writer Michael Jacobs about his most recent book, “Andes.”
Resurrecting the Truth in Chile: The Other 9/11
To remember what has come to be known as “The Other 9/11”, two torture victims will be joined by Chile expert, Peter Kornbluh, and others in an afternoon of sharing, including stories of the current political protests in Chile.
Film: Nostalgia For The Light
Join the Institute for Policy Studies and the Letelier Theater for this special screening of Nostalgia For The Light, preceded by rich cultural performances. This event is a fitting lead-up to IPS’ annual Letelier Moffitt Human Rights Awards ceremony on October 12th, the following week.
Obama’s Dirty Energy Fixation
As radioactivity levels continue to spike in Fukushima, Obama’s support for nuclear power is unwavering.
Obama in Latin America: Another Missed Opportunity
What might have been a high-profile trip heralding a new U.S. partnership with Latin America based on equity and mutual interests turned out to confirm the same old top-down approach to north-south relations.
How about Saving all the Miners?
Mining endangers communities everywhere with safety hazards and environmental destruction.
What the Chilean Miners Taught Me
The most salient connection between progressive politics and art is imagination.
Taking Advantage of Chile’s Moment in the Sun to Commemorate Letelier and Moffitt
Gen. August Pinochet was Chile’s dark sun.
Remembering Ronni
In 1976, Ronni Karpen Moffitt was killed on her way to work as the car she was riding in succumbed to a car bomb planted by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Seismic Inequality
Why Chile fared better than Haiti after earthquakes struck both countries.