ECUADOR: DEFEAT FOR ACOSTA AND ‘UNITY OF THE LEFT’
Ecuador's radical left will have to do some serious rethinking if they are to improve on their poor results in the February elections.
The Two Perus
The gulf between the Coastal and Highland economies, the dispossession caused by extractive industry and failure to involve local people mean that inequality in Peru remains stubbornly high, says Christian Aid partner, CEDAP.
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BOLIVIA: THE TIPNIS CONFLICT – KEY ISSUES UNDERPINNING THE CONFLICT –...
In this third and last part, Dario Kenner briefly touches on some of the pertinent issues linked to this very complex conflict.
CHILE: Police continue evictions of occupied land on the Easter Islands
More than 100 Police Special Forces violently evicted Rapa Nui indigenous groups from the Government Plaza in the center of Hanga Roa over the holidays, causing injuries to at least nine people, three of them serious.
Thirty-four Colombian tribes face extinction, says UN report
A recently released UN report has found that indigenous tribes in Colombia are critically endangered.
Peruvian group illegally occupies land of isolated Indians in Brazil
In his Blog da Amazonia, the Brazilian journalist, Altino Machado, describes how paramilitaries from Peru have invaded land belonging to isolated Indians in Brazil.
Carta abierta de Hugo Blanco a Mario Vargas Llosa
In this open letter in Spanish, the author argues that Mario Vargas Llosa does not deserve the Nobel Prize in Literature because of his alleged anti-indigenous philosophy.
Colombia’s Indigenous Communities Demand Demilitarization as Fighting Escalates
In Colombia, indigenous peoples continue to be the victims of the internal armed conflict, which is escalating once again. Some communities are saying enough is enough.
COLOMBIA: THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNSUSTAINABLE MINING POLICY
A new report from UK-based ABCColombia examines the confusion of government policies, social protests and asks how to increase international accountability