Mining in Huancabamba
The Al Jazeera channel has produced a documentary on the events surrounding mining in Peru, and in particular the Monterrico case.
Cuenca to Washington
Later this week, María Francisca Zhagüi Chuchuca will travel with LAMMP to the US in order to present the situation in Ecuador to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights and other organisations in Washington. We have translated one of the documents she will be taking with her into English. …
The Ministry doesn’t know what is going on
Zenaida Romero, daughter of Yukpa cacique Sabino Romero (whose situation we have reported extensively before), declared in a radio interview that the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs “doesn’t know what is going on” in the indigenous communities of Sierra de Perijá (in western Venezuela), and that their representative “is lying”. The …
Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus
The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus will be held on Friday 4th May in New York, and LAMMP will be there. The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus - Conclave Global Para Las Mujeres IndígenasCalling all Indigenous Women of the World engaged in international diplomacy, advocacy and the advancement of the rights of …
Hearts and mines in Peru
According to 4-traders, the administration of President Ollanta Humala in Peru will work to persuade the population of the northern region of Cajamarca that the stalled Minas Conga copper and gold project is viable, a high-level government official said. Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal said that the government will aim to …
Interview with ADITAL
The president of the Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama has been interviewed by the news agency ADITAL about the competitions for young students from Cuenca and Gualaquiza (Ecuador) which are beng organised for Earth Day on April 22nd. Translation of extracts from the interview (by Diana Mills of …
Meeting with vice-minister in Kanavayen
To celebrate International Women’s Day, members of the Fundación del Agua attended a meeting for women leaders from the Gran Sabana region in south-eastern Venezuela, with vice-minister Choli Lott from the Ministry for Popular Power.
IAHCR “deeply concerned” about Guatemala
IACHR Commissioner Dinah Shelton in her capacity as Rapporteur for Guatemala and Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples expressed deep concern for the high levels of violence against women reported in Guatemala. Commissioner Shelton is deeply concerned about the grave human rights situation affecting indigenous peoples in Guatemala, a …
Deception about Quimsacocha Project
Defenders of the Pachamama, group in Ecuador which LAMMP supports, have publicly rejected the statement of President Correa and deception about the Quimsacocha project; they have also denounced a campaign to discredit them. More information is available on their blog.
Northumbria in Peru and Ecuador
Dr. Katy Jenkins, Senior Lecturer in sociology at Northumbria University, recently travelled to Peru and Ecuador in order to carry out research into the impact of mining on women. Dr. Jenkins is using a feminist, life history approach to collect women’s accounts of mining activism there. Issue 5 of the …