Abstencionismo “ganó” pero los dos candidatos que calificaron a la segunda ronda provienen de la misma “casta” política que apoyó al expresidente Álvaro Uribe y no hablan el mismo lenguaje de los ciudadanos del común.
Las críticas al Proyecto Gran Carajás están focalizadas en la contaminación de las acerías de Piquiá y los daños que provoca el tren que atraviesa más de cien poblados, considerado el mayor emprendimiento ferroviario minero del mundo.
El extractivismo minero no alimenta ningún ninguna necesidad básica, sino que está atada a las modas de la joyería global o a las necesidades de los financistas. Y lo peor, la actividad tiene efectos negativos en las dimensiones sociales, ambientales y económicas.
Gold mining has become a scourge that afflicts most Latin American countries. In some places, a few giant transnational corporations operate. In others, hundreds or even thousands of people crowd into jungle rivers or the guts of mountains for a few grams of gold.
Economic crisis, product shortages, and polarization paint a scenario in which the continuity of the Bolivarian movement is at stake. So is the sovereignty of a country that dared to challenge dependence on the global superpower.
After three decades of struggle for agrarian reform, Brazil's Landless Movement paused during its 6th Congress to evaluate its experience and reflect on the new reality. The goal: to change while changing themselves.
There have been major advances in truth and justice movements in recent years. But of all the goals of the movements for truth and justice, the most important is the least achieved: to guarantee the crimes will not be repeated.
The fear that mass demonstrations could take place during the World Cup – like those during the Confederations Cup last June – is leading the government to militarize against the protests, with incredibly repressive strategies. And half of the Brazilian population rejects the Cup.
The peace agreements are being boycotted by the far right though the FARC and the Santos government are moving towards the end of the conflict. But the main push for peace comes from the changes that come about in a society tired of war.
At some point, they will have to find a name for this new culture that is beginning to open up in places where individualism and machismo are under control. For now it is enough to recognize that there are some non-institutional movements with strong ties to base communities and a fairly horizontal organizational structure, that are renewing the political culture, with women in the lead.
