Tucked between sand dunes and the Pacific Ocean, perched on a small hill, is Xayakalan, home to members of the indigenous community, Santa Maria Ostula. Here, a group of Mexican Nahua people are fighting to keep control of their land. The cost has been high. Since 2009, this small community of around 3, 000 people has seen 28 of its members killed. Another four are missing.
Source: Agencia Popular de Comunicación Suramericana When [President] Bush introduced the strategy of “preventative war” against terrorism, the rules established in the post-war world changed fundamentally. The strategic objective of the United States became the […]
(IPS) – Catalina Salvador, an 87-year-old peasant farmer who grows pumpkins, beans, and above all corn on her small plot of land, was one of the opponents of transgenic crops who took part in the […]
Source: Occupy Monsanto n a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations such as Monsanto, Bayer, and Dow, Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modifiedParque de la Papa in Cusco, a farming community of 6,000 […]
Source: Quixote Center In May of 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave voice to rumors that had been circulating in Washington DC for months. She discussed some ‘very troubling’ developments in Managua: “The Iranians […]
Dr. César Aliaga Díaz is the regional vice president of Cajamarca, Peru. His government has taken a central role in the fight to stop the proposed Conga Gold Mine, a $4.8 billion project owned by Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. The mine will be located in Cajamarca’s Andean highlands, where five major headwaters originate and supply the region’s drinking water. If passed, Conga is set to become the biggest investment in Peru’s history and second-largest gold mine in the world.
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com The Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton, has vehemently rejected calls from U.S. congressman, Eliot Engel, for the Venezuelan government to accept an OAS mission to monitor this […]
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