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Peru: Conga protest camp fired on
The protest camp at the Conga site was evicted by company goons, only to be re-established days later. But unknown gunmen fired on the new encampment.
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Bolivia: Aymara dissidents charge repression
Leaders of the National Council of Marka and Ayllus of Qullasuyu (CONAMAQ) charged that their office in La Paz was attacked by followers of the ruling party.
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Venezuela withdraws from OAS rights body
Venezuela’s withdrawal from the American Convention of Human Rights went into effect this month, drawing the condemnation of rights groups across the hemisphere.
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Colombia: injured GM workers continue fight
Injured GM workers are still trying to get compensation and new jobs, while Chiquita continues to deny any responsibility for murders by the paramilitaries it paid off.
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Peru: police fire on Cajamarca campesinos —again
National Police troops in Peru’s northern Cajamarca province clashed with local campesinos on communal lands coveted by the Yanacoha mining company, injuring four.
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Colombia: 60% of indigenous face ‘extinction’
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia warns that 62.7% of Colombia’s indigenous population is at risk of extinction due to armed conflict and mining development.
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Colombia: gains seen as peasants end strike
Colombian campesinos ended their national strike and lifted road blockades after the government agreed to suspend a law barring seed-saving to protect corporate GMOs.
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Colombia pays Ecuador for fumigation damages
Colombia paid Ecuador $15 million after anti-narcotics fumigation planes dropped herbicides along the border, harming crops and communities in Ecuadoran territory.
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Venezuela: Maduro charges ‘electrical coup’
President Nicolás Maduro charged that "the extreme right has implemented its plan to carry out an Electrical Coup" after a massive blackout hit Venezuela.
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Colombia: students, workers join peasant strike
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across Colombia, as workers and students joined the strike launched by campesinos in the north of the country.
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Colombia: ex-senator wanted for para links
Colombia's high court issued a an arrest order for Luis Alfredo Ramos, former senator and current presidential candidate, on suspicion of collaboration with paramilitaries.
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Bolivia: prison massacre sparks protests
Family members of inmates are keeping vigil outside Bolivia's Palmasola prison after an explosion of violence at the facility left at least 30 dead—but still not identified.