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    Bolivia: They Want to Shut Us Up Again with Guns and “the Word of God”

    EDITORIAL NOTE: The situation in Boliva is immensely complicated and cannot be reduced to a simple “imperialist coup d’etat.” Undoubtedly, the mandate of Evo Morales, set to end on January 20, 2020, was prematurely interrupted, who was forced to resign along with his entire cabinet (vice president, presidents of Congress and yesterday, Minister of Defense)…

    Women’s Alliance repudiates violence and calls for demonstrations against hate and racism

    FUENTE: Publicado Originalmente en APC Bolivia (ABI) The Alliance of Women’s Social Organizations for the Democratic and Cultural Revolution (Alianza de Organizaciones Sociales de Mujeres por la Revolución Democrática y Cultural) repudiated Friday the acts of violence that occurred in recent days in the country, by the opposition that rejects the results of the general…

  • Marcha en Temuco de los pueblos

    Historic march of the Mapuche Nation in Temuco, Chile

    SOURCE: Periódico Fewla (independent Mapuche community newspaper), translated to English by Awasqa. Photos and video: Radio Kvrruf The call for action represents the support of the Lof [community leaders] and communities in resistance, and of the different Mapuche organizations, to the process of mobilization of the Chilean society that seeks for equity and justice. The…

    Ten Years After Coup in Honduras, Mobilizations of Native and Black People Persevere, Make Demands

    Ten years after the coup d’etat that brought down President Manuel Zelaya’s government, the consequences lived in the country still generate serious conditions for social coexistence, legality and even the viability of functions of the national state. Members of the Indigenous and Black Organizations of Honduras (COPINH / OFRANEH), have suffered the most from the…

    Argentina: The Rebellion of Native Flowers

    On October 9, an initiative of Self-Convened Women from 13 nations from Argentina, decided to request a hearing with the Minister of the Interior, to propose an agenda of demands, in defense of water, against extractive and development projects in indigenous territory. When they were not received, they decided to wait there, until they were…

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    Ecuador: Activists Hold Funeral, Seek Justice During Popular Assembly

    In an unparalleled demonstration of resistance, defiance, and power, indigenous people in Ecuador held a popular assembly all day Thursday, October 10, to reject police/military repression to the protests that began eight days ago to pressure the Ecuadorian government to end FMI’s neoliberal economic policies tied to a US$4.2 billion fund.  Repression was the norm…

  • Indigenous people walk towards Quito. Photo credit: Radio Iluman

    Indigenous nations in Ecuador declare “state of exception,” denounce neoliberal and extractivist policies on sovereign lands

    In a stunning act of defiance, the largest indigenous organizations in Ecuador—CONAIE and CONFENIAE—declared a “state of exception” on sovereign indigenous lands, to reject military and policie presence on their terrorities and the right to detain such forces if they were to illegally enter or use repressive tactics on their lands. They did so after…

  • Greta Thunberg and Guardians of the Forest. Photo: @GuardianesBos

    Urgent Climate Action Requires Defending the Defenders: Indigenous Peoples at Risk

    Photo: Greta Thunberg and Guardians of the Forest, @GuardianesBos. As millions of children, youth, and their parents or mentors bravely take the streets around the world (in 150 countries!) this Friday, September 20, to strike for the climate; we at Awasqa have been thinking how it’s usually those who are most at risk who often…