I found this one online...It was 2010 posted. In all countries where the indigenous population, it has fought strongly in defense of Mother Earth, against the attacks of oil, mining, logging, etc.. Also agribusiness is hostile soil and population, it kills the ground with monoculture and the use of agrochemicals and super-exploits its workers and generally produces for export, among other things biofuel to power cars. Another attack is the construction of dams, hydroelectric plants, airports, roads, etc.. companies to serve the people hurting. --------------------------------------------------------------- The slaughter of about 200 (the official number is 10) Peruvian Amazonian natives in Bagua, whose bodies were cremated by repression, caused international outrage. There triumphs, like Tambogrande that prevented Canadian company Manhattan extract gold which is under the population. In Chile the "socialist" government repressed the Mapuche Mother Earth defending Pinochet laws. In Argentina, Andalgalá and other peoples are fighting bravely in defense of the environment. From Guatemala report that hundreds of thousands of indigenous people fighting mining legislation. In the U.S. the Indians oppose uranium mining harms "Great Grandma" (the Grand Canyon). In British Columbia, Canada, indigenous struggle with the emergence of buildings in its territory for the Winter Olympics. In Ecuador, were indigenous to their mass demonstrations who crushed the obstructionist attitude of the right, including the claim by parliament, to prevent any of the Constituent Assembly. The Indians clinched the Correa government. Now they stand in front of defending their territories Correa harm of extracting oil, they say that the water law rights taken from them, the dispute extends to the field of education as they require be they who appoint teachers in its territory and prevent the entry of government officials seeking entry to divide. They argue, quite rightly, that apply the new Ecuadorian constitution, which recognizes that Ecuador is a plurinational state. This reinforces the construction of an independent democratic power. In Bolivia, where elections are still the old style that is not democratic and where the Indians only account for a small minority of representatives, a few days ago Beni indigenous Indian style chosen by consensus to these representatives. In Honduras the 12th to 14th of this month was the "Second National Meeting on Honduras Refounding" which was attended by over 1000 delegates. The main organizational pivot was the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). It was the Indians who fed the attendees. "They do not bring their abundance; bring what they have," said Berta Caceres dirigenta when men and women arrive communities bags of maize, beans, coffee, fruit, for collective kitchen. Berta, on behalf of the indigenous organization, insisted that, since in Honduras there is no legitimate government, the people must choose from the base, its authorities. In Peru, the slaughter of June 5 in Bagua reinforced the power Amazonian indigenous populations have several checkpoints who enter their territories and there are no police stations, who fear return to them. In the mountains the "peasant patrols" self-defense organizations against cattle rustlers and internal justice, arising out of corrupt judges and police, initially were persecuted by the system, but to their multiplication, they had to recognize legally and give them authority to exercise lower-level justice. In Cauca, Colombia, in the words of Raul Zibechi, "14 slips is covering some 191 000 hectares .... where they live 110 000 people .... A total of 25 000 households spread over 304 villages and rural communities .... In these areas there are 18 councils, indigenous political authority coexists with the municipalities of the Colombian state. The councils are administered by governors appointed by large assemblies and accompanied by sheriffs elected in each of the villages. The council is a power territorializado must live with other powers that are struggling to reduce their influence: basically, soldiers and guerrillas. "
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:01:04 +0000
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