Ecuadorian woman human rights defender meets MEPs in Brussels

London, 15 May 2015 Lina Solano is the president of the Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama, and the coordinator of the all-women network Union Latino Americana de Mujeres (ULAM). Both groups are driving forces for women human rights defenders (WHRD) across Latin America who are being criminalized and persecuted for resisting predatory extractivism …

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International Women’s Day: A hommage to Maxima Acuña de Chaupe

Who would have thought that a shy, 4 ½  feet tall peasant woman could challenge so enduringly a mighty transnational corporation? Over the last 4 years, Máxima Acuña de Chaupe has led her peaceful struggle against US-based Newmont Mining Corporation and its Peruvian subsidiary Yanacocha. By doing so, she is also defying a deeply entrenched …

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“Tambien nosotros somos Venezuela”: Indigenous Peoples raise the alarm as paramilitaries and illegal miners cross over on their territories

Stretching across the Southern borders of Venezuela lies the Amazon rainforest, the green lungs of planet Earth. As well as being a haven of wildlife, it also inhabited by numerous indigenous communities such as the Yanomami, Piaroas, Makos, Barés, Eñepa and Jotí; and, as the original residents of these territories, they rely on the surrounding …

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