June 3rd 2014 – Congress approved the expropriation 14,404 Hectares in favor of the Sawhoyamaxa community of the Enxet nation. The 21st of May added another historic day to the struggle of the Sawhoyamaxa community of the indigenous Enxet nation. That day the House of Representatives sanctioned the expropriation of law 14,404 Ha for the restitution of ancestral lands to the indigenous community in the region known as Loma Porã, the Western Region or the Chaco. The project had already been (…)
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PARAGUAY - Natives Attain Restitution of Lands
Gustavo Torres & Paulo López
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LATIN AMERICA - The Need for a Sustainable Economy to Escape Underdevelopment
Diego Olivera
7 July 2014, posted by Riley PenticoJune 25th 2014 - We find it important to understand the new geopolitical reality in Latin America, immersed in a new level of history. In our previous article (not translated on this website) we spoke of the integration as an inherent reality to the changes in the region, where a new reality permits a unity in diversity, a political phenomenon that has allowed the isolation of the conflicts between nations, tripping up the plants of the US to try to intervene in the internal problems of (…)
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PERU – The Grim Future of La Oroya
Maija Susarina
7 July 2014, posted by Riley PenticoJune 18th 2014 – Considered one of the most contaminated cities in the world, La Oroya depends on the mineral exploitation that has left grave effects on the population’s health.
It all began one hundred years ago in 1922 when the La Oroya mine began to be exploited on a large scale. Since then this city has experienced a long history of contamination, fraud, indifference and manipulation. In 2012 Doe Run Peru (DRP), a US company owning the mind since 1997, opened its doors after three (…) -
GUATEMALA - When Mayans and Peasants Resist Dying for the Development of the “Developed”
Ollantay Itzamná
28 June 2014, posted by Riley PenticoThe Mayans, equal to other aborigines of the world, are profoundly quiet and cozy, except when pain becomes too sharp. The contemplation, which is born from the interconnected silence with the environment, is a permanent act of the ever hospitable Mayan people.
This mysticism of the silent contemplation, was and is stigmatized by many as Mayan indolence, indifference and resignation. Guatemalan “Thinkers”, in their mental limitation and their obsession for “progress”, catalogued those and (…) -
CHILE - Shut the Gate to HidroAysén and Patagonia Celebrates
Marianela Jarroud
28 June 2014, posted by Riley PenticoJune 10th 2014 - On Monday the 10th, the Chilean government rejected HidroAysén’s controversial project once and for all, after years of resistance from both environmental groups and affected communities that alerted the world of the destructive consequences to Patagonia. This project was to construct five central hydroelectric plants in the southern part of the country.
“It’s a historic day”, affirmed Juan Pablo Orrego, an IPS international coordinator of Patagonia Without Dams, on (…) -
BRAZIL - The Global Power of Financial Capital, the Effects
Bruno Lima Rocha
22 June 2014, posted by Bruno Lima Rocha, Riley PenticoJune 11th, 2014.
Giving sequence to previous articles , this time we will see part of the visible effects of the “landlord logic” in the country. Landlords are those who live on a fixed income, on dividends, on applications and not from their own work, even though exploiting the rest of the workforce. In Brazil, financial capital operates underneath the State budget, fixing the value of wealth and consuming the amount of taxes collected by the union.
The federal government gathers around (…) -
BRAZIL - What Happens to Those Who "Live in the Way" of the World Cup and the Olympics?
Eliano Félix
22 June 2014, posted by Riley PenticoMay 24th, 2014.
Rio de Janeiro has been preparing for huge events such as the World Cup, in 2014, and the Olympic Games in 2016. In many forms of mass media, such as newspapers, television and radio, an air for parties, as well as joy and euphoria, is broadcasted. However, the reality is problematic, and striking. Mainly because the preparations negatively affect a good part of the population.
The impact of the urban interventions has reached thousands of favela residents. Many are (…) -
BRAZIL - Slave Labor Trades Faces
Fabíola Ortiz
9 June 2014, posted by Riley PenticoApril 28th 2014 - The proximity of great sporting events in Brazil paves a new path of slave labor among those who migrate from the rural interior to the urban centers in search of employment.
The dream of an honorable job attracts many migrants from poor regions in Brazil, including the neighboring countries, to try their luck in local metropolises and, on occasion, becomes a nightmare.
Slave labor was a persistent crime in rural areas, on the farm, sugar mills and carbon mining, but (…) -
COLOMBIA - FARC and Government Come to Agreement on Drug Trafficking and Illegal Crops
TeleSur
9 June 2014, posted by Riley PenticoMay 16th, 2014 - The negotiation teams of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - The People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government announced that this Friday an agreement was met on the fourth point of the agenda concerning drug trafficking and illegal crops.
In this manner, the parties advanced the discussion in Havana, Cuba on the subjects of lands, political participation and now in drug trafficking and illegal crops.
FARC highlighted that with this new agreement the (…) -
Rebel and Libertarian Women
Daniel Benadava
22 May 2014, posted by Riley PenticoHistorically the dignity of women wouldn’t have been trampled if, as Eduardo Galeano outlines, Eva had written Genesis and clarified that: she was not made from any rib, did not meet any serpent, never offered an apple to anyone and that God never told her that she would bring about pain and that her husband would rule over her.
But since the beginning men wrote the story, condemned women to exist to please their desires and to bear the mark of “the weak sex”.
However since the 1970’s, (…)