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“We are all under threat”: Interview with Alicia Amarilla of Conamuri about land conflicts in Paraguay
Date: 4 February 2017
Source: Radio Mundo Real
The main conflicts in Paraguay are related to land and the territory, and peasant women are at the forefront of evictions, said Alicia Amarilla, leader of the National Coordination of Rural and Indigenous Women (CONAMURI), member of CLOC – Vía Campesina.
Título de terra leva dignidade à população rural de Banabuiú (Brasil)
Na manhã desta sexta-feira (03), a Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Agrário (SDA) realizou a entrega de 217 títulos de terra e assinou a ordem de serviço para instalação de sistema de abastecimento d´água com módulos sanitários em Banabuiú, município localizado a 233 km de distância da capital Fortaleza
In Peru, droughts give way to floods as climate change looms
Date: 2 February 2017
Source: Reuters
Severe droughts gripping Peru have given way to some of the country's most devastating downpours in decades, catching authorities off guard as they scramble to contain the kind of floods that climate change is expected to make more frequent.
About 300 rebels from Colombia's FARC have not demobilized, general says
By: Luis Jaime Acosta
Date: 5 February 2017
Source: Reuters
Around 300 fighters from Colombia's Marxist FARC rebels will not demobilize under a peace deal, a military commander said, giving the first official figure of guerrillas who may join with crime gangs seeking control of lucrative rebel drug territory.
New Administration, Age-Old Battle: Native American Rights Under Obama and Trump
By: Ahmed Elbenni
Date: 4 February 2017
Source: The Yale Politic
And so began a new chapter in the tug-of-war between one president’s legacy and another’s plan, part of the ongoing struggle for Native rights despite government-induced marginalization.
How Colombia plans to eradicate 50K hectares of coca this year
By: Adriaan Alsema
Date: 3 February 2017
Source: Colombia Reports
If it were up to the Colombian government, it will get rid of 75% of all the country’s coca, the plant to produce cocaine. Some 50,000 hectares are supposed to be eradicated in the country’s most ambitious counter-narcotics operations ever.
In total, the government wants to remove 100,000 hectares of coca, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told newspaper El Tiempo last month.
Study shows that involving communities in mangrove management makes them more sustainable
Date: 3 February 2017
Source: CIFOR
Mangrove forests that incorporate local communities into their management fare better, a new study finds. Recognizing the importance of gender and community rights in mangrove use and planning prevents the deterioration of these fragile ecosystems.
Marching towards peace, FARC-EP begins turning in arms – UN Mission in Colombia
Date: 2 February 2017
Source: UN News Centre
More than 200 men and women of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) marched today to demobilization camps, two months after a peace deal that ended the Western Hemisphere’s longest running conflict, United Nations monitors coordinating the process reported.
INTERVIEW-Give women land to build lasting peace in Guatemala - Nobel laureate
By: Anastasia Moloney
Date: 3 February 2017
Source: Reuters
Across Latin America just one percent of farms and estates control more than half of the region's productive land.
Giving women access to land in Guatemala is key to forging lasting peace and tackling inequality, Nobel peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu said on Friday, in a country where land distribution is one of the most unequal in the world.
Bolivia’s Disappearing Lake
By: Linda Farthing
Date: 1 February 2017
Source: Earth Island Journal
As Lake Poopó vanishes, depleted by water diversions and warming temperatures, it leaves behind an uncertain future for Indigenous Urus