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A wave of protest sweeps the continent
Amnesty international has launched a new report into illegal cattle farming in the Brazilian Amazon.Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures that violate human rights in Reserves and Indigenous territories.Satellite imagery and official data reveal evidence of cattle farming in protected areas.By gaining access to animal health agencies’ data on farm registrations and cattle...
‘Amazon at Risk – it affects us all’ This was the theme of an event held in Belém, in
the Brazilian Amazon, which started on 28 October 2019. The event was organized
by Christian Aid partner Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB) -The
Movement of People Affected by Dams.
The meeting also
convened the We Are...
https://www.facebook.com/CabildeoDigital/videos/2565826723498833/
Lucha Libre programme. Interview (in Spanish) with Susana Erostegui, Director of the NITA network and Dino Palacios of Fundación Ciudad, two of the organizations which signed the Communiqué. Video produced by UNITAS, Christian Aid partner and one of the signatories to the declaration.
More than 50 development and human rights institutions...
Conversing with Goliath is a research project carried out by FLACSO-Mexico and De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, sponsored by the British Academy (2017-2020). The project aims to understand why violence in Mexico persists in the design and implementation of projects in the extractive industry when a wide range of participatory institutions exist in law and policy programmes...
On the 18th of October 2019, mass
fare dodging in Santiago de Chile expanded into city-wide protests and
violence. Initially in response to a transport price hike, the situation
subsequently developed into a
nation-wide movement against Chile’s stark inequality issues. Amongst the
cities where protests and marches are in full swing is Talca, where students of
the University of Talca have voted this...
This Special Bulletin from Bolivia Information Forum Special Bulletin was issued on 17 November 2019
A right-wing government has taken office in La Paz representing the most conservative forces in Bolivian society. The new cabinet hails, in large measure, from Santa Cruz and the east of the country....
Evo’s
last years in power marked by violations of democracy
November 10 2019 will be a day to remember in Bolivian history. At 16:50 of that Sunday afternoon Evo Morales resigned the presidency and there were large street demonstrations by those celebrating the news, but also protests by those who supported him. However, widespread...
After the
Catholic Church started the preparation for its Amazon Synod, Christian Aid’s Latin
America and the Caribbean division worked with faith-based organisations across
the region. Together they created a declaration to support the Synod and to ask
that all decisions be made taking into account the peoples of the Amazon
forest. This declaration, called We are the Amazon, highlights the commitments...
The swearing in of Jeanine Añez as interim president of Bolivia is likely to cause further unrest in the country, following three weeks of disturbances that led eventually to the ouster of Evo Morales. Añez, elected as a senator for the right-wing Unidad Nacional alliance in 2014, belongs to the Demócratas grouping of Santa Cruz...