Friday, March 29, 2024

Brazil

Brazil: Memory and Justice

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The publication of a two-volume, multi-disciplinary study of the country's military dictatorship (1964-1985) will make an important contribution to the 'construction of memory' of the years of repression.

Save the rainforest of Alto Purús in Peru

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A call for action to help save the rainforest in Peru.

Amazon: Impunity for loggers

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Amazon: Impunity for loggers. Last year two men from the state of  Pará reported to the Brazilian authorities the systematic, large-scale plundering of hard timber within protected forest areas in the Amazon basin.

Brazil’s Truth Commission

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Brazil has finally decided to follow the example of other Latin American countries and set up a Truth Commission. But, reports Jan Rocha from Sao Paulo, the process is not proving easy.

Brazil: a prize the government won’t be bragging about

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For the first time a Brazilian company -- the mining giant Vale -- has been elected 'the worst company in the world'.

En defensa del agua, la vida y sus derechos: Pueblos indígenas...

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In Spanish. The indigenous communities in the Loreto region, in Peru's northeast Amazona are mobilising against the activities of mining companies that are destroying the environment.

World Social Forum — Day of Action

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The Assembly of Social Movements, held at the WSF in Porto Alegre in Brazil, has called on social movements throughout the world to take collective action on 5 June 2012.

Letter from Marabá

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In the second instalment of his blog, Francis McDonagh talks about his return to Brazil's 'faroeste' in the state of  Pará.

Letter from Recife

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Francis McDonagh has returned to Recife in the north-east of Brazil after an absence of over a decade. This is his first blog on his trip to South America.

South America: an emerging military power

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In an increasingly insecure global climate, UNASUR plans to invest billions of dollars in defence. Brazil alone is to acquire 20 conventional and 6 nuclear submarines by 2023. Raúl Zibechi examines the issue.

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