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“We are all under threat”: Interview with Alicia Amarilla of Conamuri about land conflicts in Paraguay

06 February 2017

Date: 4 February 2017

Source: Radio Mundo Real

The main conflicts in Paraguay are related to land and the territory, and peasant women are at the forefront of evictions, said Alicia Amarilla, leader of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women (CONAMURI), member of CLOC – Vía Campesina.

The Rights of Nature: Indigenous Philosophies Reframing Law

15 January 2017

Indigenous battles to defend nature have taken to the streets, leading to powerful mobilizations like the gathering at Standing Rock. They have also taken to the courts, through the development of innovative legal ways of protecting nature. In Ecuador, Bolivia and New Zealand, indigenous activism has helped spur the creation of a novel legal phenomenon -- the idea that nature itself can have rights.


How Colombia plans to eradicate 50K hectares of coca this year

05 February 2017

By: Adriaan Alsema

Date: 3 February 2017

Source: Colombia Reports

If it were up to the Colombian government, it will get rid of 75% of all the country’s coca, the plant to produce cocaine. Some 50,000 hectares are supposed to be eradicated in the country’s most ambitious counter-narcotics operations ever.

In total, the government wants to remove 100,000 hectares of coca, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told newspaper El Tiempo last month.

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