The Andes
Peru: threats against Cajamarca movement
Campesinos who support the proposed Conga mine are threatening to evict the encampment estabished at the concession bloc by the "Guardians of the Lagunas."
Author: CounterVortex
Southeast Asia
Mindanao: fighting despite new autonomy deal
New fighting was reported from the southern Philippines island group of Mindanao, despite a recent deal on regional autonomy aimed at ending the decades-long insurgency.
Southeast Asia
Indonesia indigenous peoples: We exist!
Indonesia responded to UN recommendations to recognize the rights of its indigenous peoples by claiming that none live in the country—as massacres of tribal peoples continue.
The Andes
Peru: land, water conflicts grow in Cajamarca
A campesino family in Cajamarca may face a four-year prison term for defending their lands in an ownership dispute with the US-backed Yanacocha mining company.
Mexico
Mexico: lives claimed in Chihuahua water wars
Hundreds of campeisnos occupied the governor’s office in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua to demand justice following the murder of two water rights activists.
The Amazon
Brazil: Guarani threaten mass suicide?
A Guarani-Kaiowa tribe in Mato Grosso do Sul say their eviction from ancestral lands following a court order obtained by a rancher will mean their “collective death.”
Central America
Panama: strikes halt trade zone land sale
Days of strikes and protests in Panama’s cities forced the government to cancel a planned sale of lands in the Colón Free Trade Zone to multinational corporations.
The Andes
Colombia: judge orders return of usurped lands
A special court for land restitution in Bolívar, Colombia, issued an historic ruling, ordering the return of 65 hectares to 14 families who had been forced from their lands by paramilitaries.
FARC factionalizing amid peace talks?
With peace talks underway in Oslo, Colombian politicians warn that the FARC’s Southern Bloc is continuing to recruit with an eye towards continuing the insurgency.
The Andes
Bolivia enacts new ‘Law of Mother Earth’
President Evo Morales signed a new "Law of Mother Earth" that extends the agrarian reform, bans GMOs, and establishes a Climate Justice Fund to remediate impacted lands.
The Andes
Riots rock Lima —in footsteps of Hillary Clinton
Riots rocked an industrial zone of Peru's capital, with police killing two and property damage costing millions—days after Hillary Clinton visited the district to hail its development.
The Amazon
Peru: will land titling undercut Sendero?
Peru is titling campesino lands in the Huallaga Valley in a bid to undercut support for Sendero Luminoso—but communal title is being phased out under neoliberal dogma.