Artículos desde el 01/01/2019 al 31/12/2019

  • No deal on carbon market at COP25

    This has been Friends of the Earth's big fight last week. “We pick the battle up in 2020 for Climate Justice", said.
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  • From Santiago to Madrid, the world woke up

    500,000 people demonstrated in Madrid´s Climate March, closing the first week of COP 25
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  • Carbon Markets: a new form of climate colonialism

    Climate justice movements and organizations speak out against Carbon Markets at COP 25.
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  • Agendas of Latin American environmental activists, workers and feminists meet at the Peoples´ Summit

    Workshop: “The crisis as a business opportunity, market mechanisms, and the privatization of nature”.
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  • Sentences of up to 50 years for Berta Cáceres’ murderers

    Honduras: Courts have sentenced the seven men guilty of the murder of environmental defender Berta Cáceres with 30 to 50 years
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  • On the way to COP25: It’s not only a climate crisis, our present and future are at stake

    “We need to ensure that the transition doesn't leave anybody behind”, said dipti bhatnagar from Friends of the Earth International
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  • 10th anniversary of the murder of Mariano Abarca: the pain continues

    Otros Mundos, ATALC and 30 other organizations award MODEVITE with Environmental Defense Award in Chiapas
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  • Historic national strike in Colombia: millions of people take to the streets

    A huge diversity of actors mobilized together against neoliberal measures of President Duque
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  • “We are willing to give our lives if necessary to bring democracy back”

    Interview with the National Coordinator of the Bolivian Landless Movement
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  • Healthy food for a healthy life

    60 women from the Uruguayan Network of Native Seeds shared agroecological experiences in Rivera department
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  • Latin American Movements reject coup d’état in Bolivia and express solidarity with Bolivian people

    Workers, feminists, peasants, people affected by dams and environmental activists unite in opposition to coup
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  • “As long as I live, I will continue in politics”

    Evo Morales arrived in Mexico on 12 November 2019 where he has been granted political asylum, along with his vice president
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  • Lula da Silva freed

    Former Brazilian President was released on Friday
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  • The main challenge is unity: Anti-Imperialist Meeting held in Cuba draws to a close

    Voices from grassroots movements and peoples' organizations as activities finish
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  • Latin-American social movements unite in Cuba: solidarity, organized resistance and strategies for peoples’ progress

    Several sessions were held at the Anti-Imperialist Meeting on Sunday, to set out an Action Plan
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  • Images of Solidarity

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  • Anti-Imperialist Meeting in Havana: Inside the venue and outside on the streets

    Voices of the Continental Day in Defense of Democracy and Against Neoliberalism
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  • Justice for Golfrid

    Friends of the Earth International demands justice for death of WALHI member and calls organizations to deliver solidarity letter
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  • Chile mobilizes for peace, solidarity and dignity

    The “social agenda” is “not enough” stressed Chilean Central Union (CUT) - Piñera cancels APEC and COP25 amid national strike
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  • Latin America needs to wake up and strengthen its unity

    In solidarity with Cuba, for democracy and against neoliberalism, Continental Day joins anti-imperialist meeting
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  • New report reveals scandalous fossil fuel industry lobby at European Union

    Organizations launch campaign to exclude corporate interests from influencing the policies of the European bloc
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  • Historic legal action against Total in France for operations in Uganda

    First time a legal action is brought under France’s new duty of vigilance law against human rights abuses in any country
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  • A step closer to agroecology

    For the first time, the CFS includes a civil society demand in its agenda: agroecology as the answer to global hunger
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  • 5th Session of UN negotiations on Binding Treaty and Human Rights came to an end

    Attempts by official delegation of Brazil to limit civil society participation
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  • Agroecology as the answer

    Committee on World Food Security holds 46th Session in Rome with activities held by Civil Society Mechanism
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  • Articles of Future Binding Treaty on TNCs and Human Rights now under negotiation at UN

    Demands brought forward and challenges faced by social organizations
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  • The win-win situation hidden behind the Amazonia fires

    Reports from Friends of the Earth Brazil with communities affected by Amazonia fires
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  • Protests in Ecuador: indigenous communities travel to Quito

    20,000 indigenous people from CONAIE are travelling to the capital city of Ecuador, Quito, to participate in a national strike
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  • Organizations demand declaration of climate emergency in Chile

    Peoples´ Summit makes reference to “ambiguous discourse” by Chilean government and denounces torture by Police officers
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  • Climate Strikes in Friends of the Earth

    FoEI groups around the world were part of the Climate Strikes: supporting youth and calling for climate justice.
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  • A global gallery of change

    The Atlas of Utopias features 33 stories from 24 countries that show inspiring community-led transformation
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  • No to green deserts

    Friends of the Earth Brazil rejects position of IUFRO World Congress in favor of industrial plantations and GM trees
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  • People in over 150 countries get ready to mobilise against climate change inaction

    Protests will coincide with the Climate Summit convened by UN Secretary General
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  • Real World Radio Europe #23

    A magical village powered by citizens: Bosnia-Herzegovina's pioneering crowdfunder
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  • David Castillo: Corruption and violence in Honduras

    COPINH launched investigation about alleged mastermind of the murder of Berta Cáceres. He has links with extractive companies.
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  • Haiti: Patriotic Forum proposes creation of General Assembly to end crisis

    Proposals for continued mobilization to demand resignation of Jovenel Moïse and take those responsible for embezzlement to justice
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  • BlackRock invests in burning the Amazon

    New report explores how the investments of global asset manager drive deforestation and violate the rights of indigenous people
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  • System change is urgently needed to face serious biodiversity crisis

    Businesses vs. real solutions: the UN CBD at a crossroads
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  • Ghana government sued over GMO commercialization

    Interview with Edwin Baffour, member of Food Sovereignty Ghana, on why they are suing the government of Ghana
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  • CONCERN OVER INCURSION OF ARMED GROUPS IN GARIFUNA TERRITORY

    Interview with Miriam Miranda of OFRANEH about the harassment experienced by Vallecito people in the hands of heavily armed men
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  • Artisanal fisherfolk lose their homes in Colombia after floods caused by El Quimbo Dam

    Association of people affected by El Quimbo Dam (Asoquimbo – Ríos Vivos Colombia) held sit-in on Friday 9.
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  • Threats and abuses of the growing gas industry in Mozambique

    Outcomes of the 'lobby tour' organized in Europe showcase the need for a Binding Treaty to stop corporate human rights abuses
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  • Black women´s lives matter

    The struggles of black, lesbian, bisexual, transgender women for the right to be themselves
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  • Hard blow for communities suffering human rights violations at global level

    International Law expert warns about negative aspects of new draft of the UN Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights
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  • Vale ordered to pay compensation for Brumadinho

    Minas Gerais court ruled mining company Vale has to pay compensation for damage caused after collapse of tailings dam.
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  • Land Rights Revolution in Liberia

    The African country passed bill which would give land rights to 80 per cent of the population
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  • Concern over potential authorization of GM wheat in Uruguay

    Transgenic event HB4-PAT was already rejected in Brazil and Argentina despite pressure exerted by biotechnology companies
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  • Organizations announce Peoples´ Summit 2019

    “Save the Earth, Change the System” is the slogan used by organizations resisting in defense of the planet
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  • FAO: “THE GREEN REVOLUTION HAS COME AT A HIGH COST FOR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT”

    Outgoing Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said agroecology is the new paradigm
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  • 60 years after the agrarian reform in Cuba

    Interview with Rafael Santiesteban, head of ANAP. Currently, over 400,000 peasants produce food for the whole island
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  • 7th Congress of CLOC celebrates 25 years of peasant unity

    Latin American peasants expressed their solidarity with Cuba amid intensification of US economic blockade
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  • THE STRUGGLE AGAINST FRACKING, THE DEFENSE OF LIFE

    Opinion piece by CENSAT Agua Viva - Friends of the Earth Colombia
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  • LATIN AMERICAN PEASANT YOUTH CALLS FOR UNITY BETWEEN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND THE CITY

    5th Youth Assembly of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC-LVC)
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  • SURROUNDED BY MINING

    Movement for Popular Sovereignty in Mining registers 166 open-pit mining projects in Rio Grande do Sul
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  • European Union – Mercosur Agreement “will weaken” regional integration

    After over 20 years of negotiations, Mercosur and the EU are closer than ever of signing a free trade agreement
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  • Argentina: Supreme Court upholds Glacier Protection Law

    Mining corporations and the government of San Juan had challenged the law and demanded it be declared “unconstitutional”
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  • Era of new challenges: “Now the ones coming and taking over your land are saying that we need to save the planet”

    Interview with Jun Borras, one of the founders of La Vía Campesina International
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  • African youth for system change

    Friends of the Earth Nigeria is building an environmental youth network
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  • Honduran voices against Juan Orlando Hernández demand his removal

    Analysis by Dr. Juan Almendarez about the mobilizations against the privatization of education and healthcare
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  • Impacts of coal megaprojects in South Africa

    groundWork - Friends of the Earth South Africa warns about a third boom of coal megaprojects and its impacts in that country
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  • “Women are on the frontline of defending rights and the environment”

    Members of the Gender Justice and Dismantling Patriarchy Working Group of Friends of the Earth International met in Montevideo
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  • Anti-Chevron Day with an open letter to Ecuadorian President

    May 21 marks a new Global #AntiChevron Day -There will be huge mobilizations in many countries to denounce corporate impunity
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  • NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark celebrates its 50th anniversary

    NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark reached its 50th anniversary on March 9th and held a three-day-long celebration
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  • Plastic waste trade: one of the most cynical businesses in the capitalist world

    In a matter of hours it will be made known whether proposal to control the management of said waste is approved by the UN or not
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  • UN scientific report warns about historic environmental devastation

    We need to change the system or face ecological collapse, responds Friends of the Earth International
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  • Shelter to protect defenders of territories in Bogota, Colombia

    From April 28 to May 2, there will be a Humanitarian Shelter for Life that aims to protect social leaders in Bogota
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  • Real World Radio Europe #22

    The one where we hear from the students striking for climate
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  • 8th National Native Seed Festival in Uruguay

    700 people are expected to participate: the National Agroecology Law and the work with CLOC - Vía Campesina will be the main focus
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  • REITOCA COMMUNITY FACES REPRESSION OVER RESISTANCE AGAINST HYDROELECTRIC DAM

    Police and military officers and private security guards of company PROGELSA shot with tear gas and pellets against the community
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  • Rana Plaza is everywhere

    World March of Women organizes global action in commemoration of the Rana Plaza tragedy that took place 6 years ago in Bangladesh
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  • “The Declaration on Peasants’ Rights should become a political tool for Agrarian Reform and Social Justice”

    Press release by La Vía Campesina
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  • “Peasants are the ones who are standing up to a rise of fascism”

    FOEI joins the actions of solidarity on the International Day of Peasant Struggle to continue that legacy
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  • CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEACE IN COLOMBIA

    Conclusions of the 3rd Solidarity Mission of Vía Campesina to Colombia
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  • Relatives of people disappeared by the dictatorship in Uruguay launch software to recover military files

    Interview with Nilo Patiño, member of Mothers and Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared
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  • PHOTO GALLERY OF 3RD SOLIDARITY MISSION OF VÍA CAMPESINA TO COLOMBIA

    The monitoring of the implementation of the Peace Accords in photos
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  • Canada refuses to hear appeal regarding environmental crimes committed by Chevron

    The Supreme Court of Canada rejected appeal by communities affected by Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon
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  • Real World Radio Europe #21

    Working with communities affected by environmental injustice
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  • Friends of Earth Netherlands has presented Shell with a court summons to stop its destruction of the climate

    Interview with lawyer leading the case to stop Shell: “We do feel that we can win”.
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  • “We do not trust the Colombian government wants to comply with the Peace Accords”

    International Mission of Vía Campesina highlights that Duque´s administration is putting the peace process in Colombia at risk
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  • Vía Campesina´s 3rd Solidarity Mission launched in Colombia

    Delegates from different parts of the world alarmed over murder of social leaders
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  • Unified call for solidarity with peoples affected by the systematic violence of the neoliberal model in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean release.
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  • “Duque´s administration has no political will to comply with the Peace Accords”

    Vía Campesina´s 3rd Solidarity Mission to Colombia to verify implementation of Accords between FARC and the government
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  • Mozambique after cyclone IDAI: “People know this is climate chaos”

    Opinion of Anabela Lemos - Director JA! Friends Of Earth Moçambique
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  • A trip through Sri Lanka: an account of the environmental situation in this country

    Interview with the Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice – Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka
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  • “Water fosters mobilizations against looting”

    Interview with Diego Martínez, compiler of report Public Policy and Fundamental Right to Water in Latin America and the Caribbean
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  • Plantations are not forests

    “The FAO, with its unfortunate definition of forests, needs to be educated” - Interview with Teresa Pérez (WRM)
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  • Malaysian Court rules in favor of activist accused of defamation by transnational mining company

    Interview with the human rights defender who won her defamation suit and one of the lawyers of the case
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  • Outrage over assassination of Sergio Rojas in Costa Rica

    “This is a political crime and the State is responsible for its lack of action and failure to protect defenders”: COECOCEIBA
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  • Life cannot be dammed

    FoEI: “The fight against hydroelectric dams is part of our global fight for Climate Justice and to Save Our Rivers”
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  • GACKO THERMAL POWER PLANT SICKENS AND KILLS

    Friends of the Earth Bosnia and Herzegovina denounced Gacko thermal power plant caused 158 deaths in one year
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  • Military police officers arrested for murder of Marielle Franco

    They were detained in Rio two days before the anniversary of the murder - The masterminds have not been found yet
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  • “The feminist struggle is not just about giving more rights to women, but building another society”

    Interview with Nalú Faria (WMW-Brazil): against Bolsonaro´s pension reform, for freedom and the autonomy of women
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  • 8M: All women on Feminist Strike

    Women´s Strike Calls in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. Testimonies.
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  • Highlights of Friends of the Earth International’s work through communications

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  • Fighting for people’s rights worldwide

    By Friends of the Earth Europe
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  • Let us organize ourselves, humankind!

    Interview with Gustavo Castro (Friends of the Earth Mexico), a key witness in the murder of Berta Cáceres
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  • “Berta put her body and soul into each and every one of the words she said”

    We remember Berta Cáceres together with Claudia Korol (Pañuelos en Rebeldía) and her book “Las revoluciones de Berta”
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  • A month on from Brumadinho

    Inhabitants of the Minas Gerais municipality affected by Vale mining company achieved “landmark victory” said Tchenna Maso of MAB
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  • “Nothing is lost yet”

    Norway: permit granted to mining project that violates environmental national law and threatens indigenous people will be appealed
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  • Nuclear power and coal? No, thanks

    Japan freezes toxic energy projects - Friends of the Earth Japan calls on the government to promote the use of renewable energy
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  • REAL WORLD RADIO EUROPE #20

    Getting to know Friends of the Earth Slovenia
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  • Dialogue and peace for Venezuela

    Uruguayan organizations denounced an attempted coup in Venezuela and expressed their support towards the dialogue for peace.
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  • Haiti: A social minefield

    People demand the resignation of the president upon the socioeconomic crisis. About 52 people were killed in police crackdowns.
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  • Painful situation in Brumadinho

    “Mining companies are not being controlled” denounces movement of affected people (MAB-Brazil)
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  • Until the river is killed

    Ríos Vivos Colombia denounces the drying of the Cauca River by Hidroituango. They call for a national mobilization on February 14.
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  • The Human Right to Water

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  • The Rios Vivos Colombia Movement expresses its solidarity with the Brazilian people affected by the breaking of the mining dams in Bounadinho- Minas Gerais

    By Rios Vivos Movement
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  • Movement of People Affected by Dams calls out new crime by Vale

    By MAB
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  • Continental Day for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism expresses solidarity with Venezuela amid Coup d´Etat attempt

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  • Climate incompatible France-Spain gas pipeline cancelled

    Red card to EU-backed ‘MidCat’ is major victory for campaigners - By Friends of the Earth Europe
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  • The freedom of the Gualcarque River as an homage to Berta

    The Honduran Public Prosecutor´s Office requested a life sentence for Berta Cáceres murderers
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  • CENSORSHIP IN VACA MUERTA

    German photographer recording oil pollution has accused Argentinian police officers of censorship and violence
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  • One leader murdered per day

    During the first week of 2019, six Colombian defenders of territories and peoples rights were murdered
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