Peoples’ movements from the pan-Amazon countries published a collective letter with a series of demands in defense of the biome and delivered it to the heads of state meeting at the Amazon Summit on August 8. The movements met in a parallel summit in Belém that emphasized indigenous unity and leadership in the face of the crisis facing the region.
On August 5 and 6, 2023, 181 women delegates and councilwomen of the CIG-CNI, 27 girls and boys, 14 comrades and 7 support comrades […]
El 5 y 6 de agosto del 2023, 181 mujeres delegadas y concejalas del CIG-CNI, 27 niñas y niños, 14 compañeras y 7 compañeros […]
En medio de una profunda crisis política, ell presidente Guillermo Lasso ha anunciado la disolución de la Asamblea Nacional para evitar su posible destitución por acusaciones de malversación de fondos. Esta medida, conocida como “muerte cruzada”, permite al presidente disolver el congreso una sola vez durante su mandato y convocar elecciones presidenciales y legislativas anticipadas dentro de seis meses. Las elecciones están programadas para el 20 de agosto, para cumplir solamente lo que resta del periodo de Lasso, es decir hasta 2025.
The Yanomami child stares with blank eyes out of a body reduced to skin and bones by extreme hunger. The image of the Yanomami humanitarian crisis circled the globe early this year. On Jan. 21, the Health Ministry of the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared a medical emergency in Yanomami Indigenous territory deep in the Amazon rainforest that for years has been invaded by illegal miners and loggers, and more recently, organized crime.
Peaceful Resistance La Puya Celebrates 11 Years of Community Organization in Defense of Territory, Water, and Life, at a critical moment for the future of the organization and its communities. After successfully suspending the Progreso VII Derivada mining project, it now faces a lawsuit of over 400 million dollars filed by the mining company Kappes, Cassiday, and Associates, based in Nevada, USA, against the Guatemalan State.
Después de haber logrado la suspensión del proyecto de minería Progreso VII Derivada, La Resistencia Pacífica La Puya enfrenta una demanda por más de 400 millones de dólares de la empresa minera, Kappes, Cassiday y Asociados, con sede en Nevada, EEUU, contra el Estado de Guatemala. El arbitraje se lleva a cabo en un tribunal del Banco Mundial que permite que empresas extranjeras demanden a gobiernos como represalia contra la legítima defensa de su territorio y bienes por parte de las comunidades afectadas y las leyes nacionales.
The pro-government deputies approved in early January the tenth extension of martial law that allows the government, among other things, to hide information on public spending. The exception regime includes the suspension of the constitutional guarantees of Salvadorans and the use of the military in public security.
The images of the January 8 violent attacks against the governmental buildings in Brasília spread through international media and are still resounding today. Wearing the colors of the national flag and the beloved Brazilian football team, the mob of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, stormed and vandalized the Federal Supreme Court, the National Congress’s building and the Planalto Presidential Palace, institutions that compose the Three Powers Plaza.
The biggest rock in the way of the White House’s plans to stop the influx of people across the Southern border is regional corruption and graft.
