During his visit to Ireland, Ladio Verón, leader from the Guaraní-Kaiowá indigenous group in Brazil, made a call to create a solidarity network in Europe to support his group. At this first meeting, we want to bring together people and ideas to start working on it. Everyone welcome!
Four indigenous Mapuche activists have resumed their hunger strike in Chile in protest at their arrest and imprisonment on charges of terrorism. The law under which they are held was passed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and has been applied to the Mapuches in their ongoing struggle to recover their ancestral lands.
Jailed Indigenous Mapuche Activists Resume Hunger Strike in Chile
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Excerpt: A group of jailed Mapuche activists have resumed their hunger strike after being held without trial for almost 18 months, claiming the Chilean government has failed to fulfill its promise to free them.Ante la falta de presencia de autoridades oficiales, sociedad civil hace recuento de víctimas, personas desaparecidas y personas heridas. Situación devastadora y agotadora para los familiares.
¡Únete a nuestra Tertulia Latina este jueves 9 Nov a las 6:30pm en Jack Nealon´s Pub para debatir la respuesta al terremoto!
Lack of presence from official authorities forced civil society groups to do counts of victims, disappeared people and injured people. This is a devastating and exasperating situation for families.
Join us this Thursday 9th at 6:30 in Jack Nealon´s Pub to discuss the response to the earthquake!
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Pie de Página México, 26 de septiembre de 2017 Texto: Gabriel Villegas, Mariano V. Osnaya, Paula Mónaco , Daniela Rea y Valeria Valero Foto y videos: Paula Mónaco y Gabriel Villegas Una semana desp…The case against Chevron Texaco by indigenous Ecuadorians has been going since 1992, and fought in courts across the Americas and beyond. In spite of the use by Chevron of every dirty trick and delaying tactic in the book (and then some) the plaintiffs and their legal team are continuing the fight.
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For twenty years, Chevron-Texaco intentionally dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste into Ecuador's northern Amazon. How have communities responded?