On Sunday, February 9 in the afternoon, the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, broke into the Congress building accompanied by members of the Armed Forces and the National Civil Police. They entered armed with assault rifles, with the explicit purpose of intimidating the Congress, forcing them to approve a loan for 109 million dollars,Continue reading “The Latin American Association of Social Medicine and Collective Health condemns the attempted coup in progress in El Salvador”
Category Archives: Declarations
On the situation of migrants in the Mediterranean area
A version in Spanish is available below International Association of Health Policy/ Asociación Internacional de Políticas de Salud (IAHP) On the situation of migrants in the Mediterranean area Health and life protection are fundamental human rights protected by the UN Declaration of Rights and by all international treaties. Likewise, international treaties protect the lives ofContinue reading “On the situation of migrants in the Mediterranean area”
Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey
By Alexis Benos, Chiara Bodini, Hannah Cowan, David McCoy, Penelope Milsom and David Sanders, on behalf of 207 individuals and 25 organisations; a full list of signatories is available in the appendix. We write on behalf of 207 health professionals, academics, and researchers, and 25 health and human rights organisations from many countries (appendix). We wish to bring to the attentionContinue reading “Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey”
Declaración pública XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de medicina social y salud colectiva – XIX Congreso de polÍticas de salud y il encuentro latinoamericano de movimentos sociales por el derecho a la salud
Los y las participantes en el XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva, XIX Congreso de Políticas de Salud y II Encuentro Latinoamericano de Movimientos Sociales por el Derecho a la Salud, reunidos en Asunción, Paraguay, entre los días 26 y 28 de octubre de 2016, presentamos a los pueblos del mundo, desdeContinue reading “Declaración pública XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de medicina social y salud colectiva – XIX Congreso de polÍticas de salud y il encuentro latinoamericano de movimentos sociales por el derecho a la salud”
Declaración de ALAMES sobre la muerte de Fidel
La desaparición física del Comandante Fidel Castro el 25 de noviembre, al cumplirse 60 años de la partida del Granma desde Tuxpán Veracruz hacia territorio cubano, representa un momento singular para la Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social. Torrentes de tinta se escriben y escribirán por estos días para elogiarlo o para denostarlo mientras los periódicosContinue reading “Declaración de ALAMES sobre la muerte de Fidel”
Call for Support to the Academicians Threatened by Prison in Turkey
Turkish scholars have been subject to heavy pressures and constraints since the declaration of the petition “We’ll not be a part of this crime” launched by the Academicians for Peace initiative in mid-January. In Mersin, a middle-sized city on the Mediterranean Coast, this climate of pressure has been experienced in an accentuated manner as theContinue reading “Call for Support to the Academicians Threatened by Prison in Turkey”
La Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social manifiesta su indignación ante el asesinato de profesores en Oaxaca, México
Para imponer el neoliberalismo en nuestros países las clases dominantes han recurrido a los engaños, a la antidemocracia y a la represión. Hoy ha tocado el turno a los maestros y el pueblo de Oaxaca en México sufrir una brutal represión por parte de la policía federal enviada por el gobierno de Enrique Peña Nieto.Continue reading “La Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social manifiesta su indignación ante el asesinato de profesores en Oaxaca, México”
Oppose the persecussion of turkish academics
IAHPE is expressing its serious concern regarding the agravation of the situation in Turkey After Erdogan’s directive (“it is not possible for an accused to get minto the courts by one door and get out from another”) the first three academics being in the court for interogation. See below the facts http://monitoring.academicfreedom.info/reports/2016-03-14-bo%C4%9Fazi%C3%A7i-university-mimar-sinan-university-fine-arts-ni%C5%9Fanta%C5%9F%C4%B1-university Sign and diffuseContinue reading “Oppose the persecussion of turkish academics”
En defensa de la democracia y apoyo al pueblo Brasilero
Denunciamos y manifestamos nuestra indignación y repudio frente al abuso de poder y camino de un golpe de Estado, contra Brasil. Expresamos nuestro apoyo y solidaridad a las fuerzas democráticas de la sociedad brasilera. Estamos atentos a generar denuncias masivas a nivel de cada país, de la región y del mundo, para evitar queContinue reading “En defensa de la democracia y apoyo al pueblo Brasilero”
Solidarity to Dr. Mario Hernandez Alvarez, threatened by paramilitary group
The Latin American Association of Social Medicine, the People´s Health Movement and the Intenrational Association of Health Policy in Europe communicate our extreme concern over the death threats made by the paramilitary group “Aguilar Negras” to Dr. Mario Hernandez Alvarez, professor at the University of Colombia, member and former General Coordinator of ALAMES, and toContinue reading “Solidarity to Dr. Mario Hernandez Alvarez, threatened by paramilitary group”
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