ECUADOR: CORREA, THE INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS AND THE LEFT
Is the newly re-elected President a closet neo-liberal and unrepentant fan of 'brown left' policies of extraction and accelerated development? Ecuador's left and indigenous movements are strongly critical but also anxious to develop positive alternatives.
Ecuador: Correa’s Dilemma
David Dene, from Protect Ecuador, warns that, despite Correa's eco-friendly rhetoric, his insistence on pressing ahead with a big copper mining project will have a catastrophic impact on the Amazon river system.
The “Red Bishop” of the Amazon
Dom Pedro Casaldáliga, the 84-year-old retired bishop of São Felix do Araguaia in Mato Grosso, has been forced to flee from his home because of death threats from big landowners. Sue Branford recalls the first time she met him nearly 40 years ago.
BRAZIL AND THE SCANDAL OF THE RURAL LOBBY
In a surprisingly frank interview with the Brazilian weekly, Carta Capital, Paulo Maldos, a presidential aide, says that he has been shocked by the unscrupulous way the rural landowners lobby the government at the highest level.
MEXICO: GROWING INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
While the international press focused on the bogus story of the 'end of the world' Mayan prediction, it missed the real story: the silent march of thousands of Zapatistas on 21 December.
Centro de Investigación y Defensa SUR
Defensas Penales especializadas a personas indigenas y no indigenas acusadas de delitos en el marco de protesta social. a.interposiciones de cautelas de garantía, solicitudes al Ministerio Publico, participación de diversas audiencias.
BRAZIL: MEGAPROJECT IN MOZAMBIQUE
The Brazilian and Japanese governments are working with the private sector to set up a large farming project in the north of Mozambique that peasant leaders say will displace thousands of peasant families.
PARAGUAY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE CURUGUATY MASSACRE
The Brazilian NGO, Publica, has published a special report, which for the first time gives the peasants' version of what happened in the massacre that led to the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo earlier this year.
BRAZIL’S BLIND SPOT: RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITY
Despite its multicultural image, Brazil fails to address racial inequality. Today, racial democracy is a dangerous illusion.
How illegal logging in Brazil’s Amazon turns ‘legal’
Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change. In Brazil, in spite of the fact that deforestation has diminished in recent years, illegal logging is still a serious concern.