Thursday, March 28, 2024

Peru

BNDES 4: The Bank and Belo Monte

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Without the bank, BNDES would not have been built. But this massive act of environmental hubris is fraught with problems.

Four Peruvian Anti-Logging Activists Murdered

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The death of a leading campaigner against illegal logging and three of his companions in a remote Amazonian area of Peru has led to renewed calls for more effective action against this lucrative trade.

Peru: El Marañón -the environment, communities and rivers be dammed

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Communities on the Marañon river are planning resistance to hydro-electric projects being bull-dozed through by the government and the mining companies.

Ecuador: Intag stands up to mining

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Intag communities in Ecuador are resisting development of a copper mine at Llurimagua, proposed by Enami and Codelco. In Peru, residents of Aquia, Ancásh, accuse the Antamina mine of encroaching on their land without consultation.

Samichay, in Search of Happiness – film review

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A collaborative effort between Quechua Films and Quinta Production Films, Samichay, en Busca de la Felicidad is a remarkable work which simultaneously grapples with the specificities of the Peruvian Andean experience whilst exposing its viewers to universal feelings of loss, isolation, and grief.

PERU: OLLANTA HUMALA’S FIRST TURBULENT YEAR

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Ollanta Humala promised to tackle the country's deep-seated social inequalities when he took over a year ago. But, says LAB's Javier Farje, his supporters are feeling bitterly disappointed.

Mining: On the track of dirty gold

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Through one character's journey meeting everyday heroes of resistance and telling their stories, Luis Manuel Claps documents the wave of organised resistance to large-scale industrial mining that spread from from the south of Patagonia as far as the Amazon.

The Empty Streets – LAB Newsletter 21 April 2020

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21 April 2020 LAB has just published our first true photo-story: São Paulo – the streets under social isolation a collaboration between sociologist Fraya Frehse...

Peru: environmental defenders still dying

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Murders of indigenous leaders in Peru continue, despite government promises to improve protections. Those who seek to defend their land and protect the local environment are targeted by illegal loggers, miners and drug traffickers.

Peru: Women in film

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Karoline Pelikan sketches out the current landscape for women in film in Peru, and interviews three women from the board of directors at NUNA, the country's first association of women directors.

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