Ecuador: Indigenous Uprising Confronts Government Repression
By Luis Ángel Saavedra The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) led a new national uprising this past August
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By Paolo Moiola* Above the front door, on the green wall, the inscription: “Umbanda São Jorge Store” is written. Inside,
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Peru: Social Conflicts Intensify
The mainstream media calls farmers in the province of Islay, in the southern department of Arequipa, “anti-mining terrorists” for their
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