Women Resisting Violence published in Spanish
The collectively-written book Women Resisting Violence, published in English by LAB in 2022, has now been released online in Spanish by Cita Press. This...
The Other Militaries
The CAMeNA archive in Mexico City contains fascinating testimony from members of the region's armed forces who remained loyal to constitutions and democracies and stood up (often at the cost of their rank, their liberty and sometimes their lives) against golpistas, the oligarchies and US-inspired National Security doctrines.
Challenging Israel’s actions in Gaza
Several Latin American countries have strongly criticized Israel's actions in Gaza and have supported Palestinian efforts to achieve recognition and statehood. For this they pay a heavy price, as Israel exacts revenge.
Women criminalized for resisting gas extraction in Bolivian nature reserve
Campesina women in the Tariquía National Reserve stand up against impending gas extraction which will have detrimental impacts on the environment and local communities’ ways of life.
Brazil: organic cotton farmers lead the way
Organic cotton production lifts resettled and Quilombola communities out of poverty in Brazil, but there are challenges to keeping the trade sustainable in the long term.
What Donald Trump’s possible re-election could mean for the Amazon and...
As the world watches the United States gear up for another presidential election, the potential re-election of Donald Trump raises questions not only about the future of American democracy but also about the fate of global environmental policies.
Ka’apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil
Documentary film: We Fight For This Land: Ka’apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil (62”, 2024)Directors: Cahal McLaughlin and Siobhán Wills
Quilombo and Indigenous Ka’apor communities...
Mexico: National Indigenous Congress delegation visits London
A delegation visited London to talk about Indigenous struggles in Mexico and the state of human rights in the country today, and to build ties with organizations and activists in the UK.
COP16: is biodiversity offsetting a false solution?
Indigenous groups, ecologists, scholars, and NGOs have spoken out against the idea of biodiversity markets, emphasizing their lack of effectiveness and stressing that the protection of ecosystems should be rooted in local knowledge and community-led governance rather than top-down market solutions.
COP16 and biodiversity markets: Indigenous peoples meaningfully included?
Today, 21 October 2024, in Cali Colombia, the COP16 conference begins. This will be a platform for promoting the concept of biodiversity credits and biodiversity markets. But what do these terms mean, and what is at stake, especially for Indigenous peoples and local communities?