José Mujica, from armed struggle to the presidency
March 18, 2015
In-depth interview with the unique South American president, from the CIP Americas Program.
Tag: SOUTH AMERICA
China Stakes Its Claim in Latin America
March 13, 2015
“The United States is no longer our privileged partner. Now the privileged partner is China,” Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño stated at the close of the third summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Costa Rica on January 29th.
#LeyPulpín: Peruvian Youth Fight for their Future
February 2, 2015
Recent weeks have seen a series of mass protests in Peru against the controversial new youth labor law that has caused widespread public debate.
La Legua: Building Community in Small Spaces
January 22, 2015
Like so many other peripheral populations, La Legua, a Santiago neighborhood, is subjected to military-police intervention under the pretext of drug trafficking. However, in the midst of poverty and repression, they resist by creating life and community with women and youth as the leading actors.
La Legua, Santiago de Chile antes de irrumpir en las grandes alamedas
December 17, 2014
Como tantas otras poblaciones periféricas, La Legua, barrio de Santiago, está sometida a la intervención militar-policial con la excusa del narcotráfico. Sin embargo, en medio de la pobreza y la represión, resisten creando vida y comunidad, con las mujeres y los jóvenes como los actores más destacados.
Without Respect for Indigenous Rights, There Will be No Solution to Climate Change Report from Lima
December 12, 2014
The People’s Summit on Climate Change began with a strong indigenous presence with a message to the world: humanity is going through a crisis of civilization, on an exhausted planet where we can no longer tolerate the biological illiteracy of those do not know how to read life.
Developmentalism and Social Movements in Bolivia
December 9, 2014
"The main difficulty is personalization. The ruling party, the Movement for Socialism (MAS, Movimiento al Socialismo), has not consolidated itself, and there is a large concentration of decisions in the Palace, which is a long term weakness," states Martin Sivak. If economic growth is sustained and there are ambitious strategic plans in place, the two weaknesses of the current process of change are in the environment and the autonomy of social movements.
REDD, Neo-Colonialism in the Land of the Pataxo Warriors
November 26, 2014
It’s 5 o’clock in the morning, southern cone time, on Oct. 13, 2014. The Pataxo indigenous people of the far southern region of the state of Bahía, in the northeast of Brazil, form three barricades across the BR101 Highway in the region of Monte Pascoal, in the city of Itamaraju, one of the main roads connecting the northern and southern parts of the country.
Brazil’s indigenous population can use their land, but are not its owners
October 28, 2014
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice emphatically affirmed, “all of the proceedings to identify and demarcate the lands of the indigenous Jaragua Guaraní in the […]
Indigenous towns swallowed up by São Paulo, South America’s biggest city
September 30, 2014
According to the western calendar of the southern hemisphere, spring starts in September. For the Guaraní people, the old year—time for introspection and rest for the earth—stays behind and opens the new year, the time to raise crops, a time of happiness and spiritual uplift.