Friday, March 29, 2024

Peru

The Putumayo Atrocities

8
The story of the near-extermination of indigenous communities in the early 1900s at the hands of the Peruvian Amazon Company.

Peru: a 10-year ban on GMOs

1
In December 2011 Peru became the latest country in Latin America to ban genetically modified organisms. But can it be sustained?

Voices of Latin America – social movements and the new activism

0
This is a book of many voices (more than 70 of them, from 14 different countries) which testify to an extremely sensitive and uncertain moment in the history of Latin America. 

Ayahuasca, colonialist mysticism and the exploitation of indigenous people

1
A year ago, a video spread online where the Canadian Sebastian Woodroffe was lynched and killed by indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon. He...

Peru: four outstanding indigenous leaders

0
Profiles of four individuals who have fought mining, logging and land-seizures to protect their communities.

Climate change: young indigenous people speak out

0
A number of indigenous leaders from the Amazon were at the forefront of climate action events in New York 19-28 September 2019. The protests,...

Amantani

0
Helps bridge the gap between home and school for children living in Ccorca, a Quechua district in southern Peru

Peru: factory fire exposes child labour and modern slavery

0
A factory fire on June 22 in the Las Malvinas district of Lima, Peru, that killed four young people has drawn official and international...

Movimientos

0
The most active Latin American events organisation in the UK

Ecocide in Ecuador

0
The collapse of Yasuni Initiative has allowed pristine parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon to become vulnerable to oil exploration.

Stay in touch

4,159FansLike
3,692FollowersFollow
84SubscribersSubscribe