Defending the jungles, mountains, forests and rivers of Latin America has never been this dangerous. Six of the ten most hostile countries for leaders and communities defending the environment and their ancestral lands are located in Latin America, according to UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst’s 2016 report to United Nations. This is why 30 journalists, […]
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After five months, body of activist murdered was found
Nilce de Souza Magalhaes, militant of Movement of People Affected by Dams in Porto Velho, Brazil, was murdered in January and her body had not been found.
Participatory research project: indigenous languages and digital media
Peoples, whose cultures and languages were marginalized and displaced by the Nation-State, have appropriated – slowly, but surely – digital media to reassert their cultural and linguistic presence in cyberspace.
Ecuador will have referendum on fate of Yasuni after collect 700,000 signatures
Activists needed to gather half a million signatures, but collected over 100,000 more to make sure the results wouldn’t be invalidated.