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Rural Communities

Brazil: another dam collapse imminent

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Situated only 60km from Brumadinho, where a massive tailings dam collapse killed 270 workers and local residents on 25 January 2019, is the small...

Former ministers blast Bolsonaro’s environmental assaults

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A new manifesto by eight of Brazil’s past environment ministers has accused the rightist Bolsonaro administration of “a series of unprecedented actions...

Colombia’s struggle for sustainable development

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The relationship between the natural environment and the armed conflict in Colombia is deeply interwoven and complex, and the issue of governance is at...

Stinging ants: Amazon indigenous group girds itself to hold ancestral lands

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The ancestral home of the Sateré-Mawé indigenous group is the Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve, an officially demarcated, heavily forested region covering 780,000 hectares...

Voices in New York – LAB Newsletter April 2019

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26 April 2019 Dear LAB Supporter and Friend, The shocking suicide of former President Alan García, as police arrived to arrest, may have been planned in...

Brazil’s indigenous lands: Bolsonaro draws the battle lines

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Parintins, site of Brazil’s big annual indigenous festival, is typical of towns in the Brazilian Amazon. The Sateré, and other indigenous groups...

The Heirs: the legacy of violence in Colombia

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Right-wing paramilitaries, the heirs of the infamous death squads, have started to re-emerge in Colombia. Programme presented by Teresa Bo. Video: Al Jazeera (English), 9...

Brazil: map and timeline of rural massacres

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As mentioned in Sue Branford & Thais Borges' article (Brazilian Amazon, 3 massaces in 12 days)Brazil's Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has launched a ...

Brazilian Amazon: 3 massacres in 12 days

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The Amazon has seen 3 probable massacres in 12 days — likely a record for the region — as violence has exploded...

Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process

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This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...

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