North Africa
Eid terror in Libya
Authorities say they suspect Qaddafi supporters in three car bomb attacks in downtown Tripoli that came as the streets were filled with worshippers headed to mosques for Eid prayers.
Author: CounterVortex
The Andes
Peru: peasants protest Chinese mining project
Campesinos in Peru’s northern Piura region pledge to resist announced plans by Chinese mining company Zijin to move ahead with the long-contested Río Blanco copper project.
The Amazon
Peru: Shining Path control outlaw gold operations?
After a new Shining Path attack left five soldiers dead in Peru’s jungle, anti-terrorism prosecutor Julio Galindo said the guerillas control illegal gold-mining operations.
Palestine
Gaza: Hamas joins Egyptian crackdown on Salafists
Hamas security forces arrested a Salafi sheikh upon his release from a Gaza hospital where he was treated for wounds sustained in an Israeli targeted strike.
Nasa Indigenous Guard
The Nasa indigenous people in Cauca, Colombia, have launched a campaign to press their demands that all armed actors stay off their territories and respect their constitutional right to autonomy. The Indigenous Guard, a traditional self-defense patrol armed only with… Read moreNasa Indigenous Guard
Africa
South Africa: paranoid politics of platinum mine massacre
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), linked to the ruling ANC, and the upstart AMCU accuse each other of being controlled by the mineral industry.
The Amazon
Inter-American Court rules for Amazon people in Ecuador case
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, ruling in Sarayaku v. Ecuador, found in favor of a Kichwa community’s right to consultation prior to industrial projects on their land.
The Andes
Colombia: San José de Apartadó Peace Community under attack again
The San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Colombia’s northern Urabá region is again under threat—seven years after the massacre that forced many residents to flee the village.
The Andes
Colombia: war, illegal mining encroach on indigenous communities
Embera indigenous communities on Colombia’s Pacific coast came under bombardment by army helicopters, while an Awá community expelled illegal gold miners from their land.
The Andes
Andean indigenous movements meet in Colombia
The Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations (CAOI), meeting in Cundinamarca, Colombia, called for construction of a "new paradigm" for a "sustainable civilization."
The Amazon
Bolivia: judicial crisis over Amazon road project
Gualberto Cusi, a magistrate on Bolivia’s Constitutional Tribunal, has been asked to resign after accusing the executive of pressuring the court to approve a rainforest road project.
The Andes
Peru: endgame in Cajamarca struggle?
Even establishment voices in Peru are calling for a suspension of the Conga mining project, as Cajamarca region remains under a state of emergency for another month.