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Baucis Forest Refuge: Anti-speciesist, Landback, and Dissident Resistance in Gulumapu (Chile)
Near the coast of Valdivia (Chile), one can find the anti-speciesist Baucis Forest Refuge (Refugio Bosque Baucis), an animal sanctuary founded and maintained by a group of gender-diverse people. It houses around 40 rescued animals, among them, dogs, cats, chickens, sheep, geese, ducks, and pigs. The refuge was named after Emilia Milen “Bau” Obrecht, a…
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Meet the First Generation of Awasqa Youth Scholars
It is with great joy that we want to introduce the first eight young Awasqa Youth Scholarship recipients! The main objective of the Awasqa Youth Scholarship is to create networks across Latin America and to give visibility to the work of Black and indigenous youth who are leading in the fields of community journalism, communication…
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The dangers of more “green” mining in the Americas for the energy transition in the North
SOURCE: Red Muqui. Translated by: Andrea Pisera The myths of “green,” “sustainable” and “climate smart” mining are gaining traction across the world. Companies are marketing these mines as “green,” and present them as the solution to the climate crisis in order to attract investors. They promote Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) criteria, and the…
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Chile: Constituents Reject the Militarization of the Wallmapu Territory
FROM THE EDITORS: The 17 elected representatives for the seats reserved for the first nations for the Constitutional Convention in Chile have released a statement against the militarization and declaration of a state of emergency in Wallmapu territory. On October 12, President Sebastián Piñera declared a state of emergency in the southern macrozone for “serious…
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Chile: Social Movements Break with the Orthodox Left for a Sovereign Constitutional Assembly
FROM THE EDITORS: On June 8, 2021, the Voice of the Peoples of the popular revolt to the constitutional assembly, a group of 34 (now 38) elected constituents in Chile, representatives of the ethnic, social, political, and cultural diversity of that country, published a public manifesto to announce six fundamental demands towards a fair and…
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Chile: Constitutional Assembly Process Mired in Inequity for Indigenous Nations
FROM THE EDITORS: This weekend, May 15 and 16, Chileans will return to the voting booth to elect 155 delegates that will convene to draft a new Constitution to replace the one drafted in 1980 under Pinochet’s dictatorship. Indigenous people were able to secure 17 reserved seats (escaños reservados) from those 155 delegates, and although…
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Colectivo Epew Premiered Radio Teatro Mapuche to Rescue Oral Traditions
FROM THE EDITORS: The Epew Collective is a theater group with Mapuche and Chilean members, that works in “defense of native peoples, community art, and interculturality.” Below we reproduce an article about a new bilingual project, Radio Teatro Mapuche, which was made for children without access to internet in Mapuche territory, who have been taking…
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Elections Significance for Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, USA
The significance of democratic elections in 2020 for indigenous peoples go beyond electoral results. Wavering between the need for sovereignty/self-determination and democratic participation, indigenous people are finding themselves in places of power denied to them historically. After hundreds of years of noncitizenry, indigenous plurinational states are now shaping democracy. Below we summarize some of the…