Theodora Bradford
Brazil: controversial river decree overthrown
Indigenous leader Auricélia Arapiun describes the occupation of the Cargill terminal, in Pará, which forced the government to concede after 33 days, repealing the controversial decree 12.600, which provided concessions to developers hoping to turn the Tapajós, Madeira and Tocantins tributaries of the Amazon into waterways for the export of soya and the other fruits of extraction.
‘United for Land, Water, Territory and Dignity’
Global social movements rallied in Cartagena, Colombia, on 23-24 February, ahead of the second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, ICARRD+20
Honduras: Garífuna resist land grabs, Indigenous voices sidelined at COP30
Grassroots movements push for more inclusive climate governance as palm oil expansion threatens ancestral lands.
In defence of water, life and territory: women resisting mining in...
Activists – especially women – stand firm in the face of an increasingly hostile regime in El Salvador, as opposition mounts against the new mining law which revokes a seven-year metal mining ban. Theo Bradford speaks to some of the leading female voices speaking out. Photography by Kellys Portillo.
El Salvador: human rights defender arrested
The Bukele government in El Salvador, as well as locking up thousands of alleged gang members is now extending its attacks to communities and those who seek to defend their human rights and their land.
