Pumé
The Pumé people (sometimes called Yaruro) live in the savanna plains of Venezuela, the Llanos, located west of the Orinoco River. Most Pumé communities...
History of student protest
The Night of the Pencils. Video: Aries Films, Argentina. Director: Hector Olivera
Colombia peace process at risk
COMMUNIQUÉ: COLOMBIA’S PEACE PROCESS AT RISK
International civil society organizations make clear their grave concerns for the serious humanitarian and civil rights crisis in Colombia,...
Cholet – the Work of Freddy Mamani, who built Salas de...
Documentary film, one hour long, showing the Salas de Eventos - over 60 in number - that have been designed and built by Freddy...
The Peace Agreement three years on – Afro-Colombian and Indigenous perspectives
Three years ago, the Colombian government and its armed
opponents of fifty years signed a peace agreement that offered a framework for
ending violent conflict and...
The Amazon comes to Cologne
Letter No 2 from Elisa Dias, Cabelo Seco, Marabá, 13 June 2019
Dear Friends,
My experience in Belgium was really extraordinary. We learned so much in...
An Amazon view of Brussels
Letter from Elisa. Rios de Encontro. 4 June 2019
Dear Friends,
When I was leaving Marabá, I realised I was entering on a new phase of...
Brazil guts environmental agencies, clears way for unchecked deforestation
The Bolsonaro administration has launched policies that undermine IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency, and ICMBio (The Chico Mendes Institute) which protects the nation’s federal conservation...
Brazil’s Sateré-Mawé move to reclaim ancestral lands
The Andirá-Marau Indigenous Reserve in Brazil’s Amazonas state — in a remote part of the Amazon basin — covers 7,885 square kilometers...
El Salvador: reconciliation or impunity?
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly is expected to vote soon on a controversial new 'Special Law of Transitional and Restorative Justice for National Reconciliation'. Despite...