“For us the differences that might exist are diversity and that is the positive aspect of this movement. Where there are many positions, discussions and the fact that we argue things out, that betters our final positions and requirements,” said Camila Vallejo.
The following is a letter to Bolivian President Evo Morales from Pablo Solon on the TIPNIS march. Solon is the former ambassador for Bolivia at the UN and the coordinator of the World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.
(IPS) – In a major victory for U.S.-based multinational corporations, President Barack Obama has submitted controversial and long- pending “free-trade” agreements (FTAs) between the U.S. and South Korea, Colombia, and Panama for rapid approval by […]
(IPS) – La creación de una comunidad civil para conducir la política de defensa de Honduras, que retome el estancado proceso de desmilitarización del país tras el golpe de Estado de 2009, resalta entre los […]
A note on the following article from Adrienne Pine via Quotha.net: “I haven’t met her personally, but I’m a huge fan of Thelma Mejía’s. She has been bravely reporting dangerous truths for far longer than […]
Source: Survival International A man has been sentenced to jail in Brazil for racism against indigenous people, having described them as ‘vagrants’ and ‘tramps’ in a newspaper article. The article says of indigenous people, including […]
Source: The Guardian A Brazilian judge has ordered construction to be suspended on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. In his ruling, Judge Carlos Castro Martins said that all working on the Belo Monte […]
Bolivia’s main trade union declared a 24-hour general strike Wednesday to protest Sunday’s police crackdown on indigenous demonstrators who were protesting the construction of a road through a pristine rainforest preserve. […]
Source: The Andean Information Network September 26, 2011 On September 25 at 5 pm, approximately 500 Bolivian police officers tear-gassed and used excessive force against camping indigenous protestors outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department. At […]
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