Awasqa is a digital platform that seeks to democratize the media through the construction of a collaborative network with indigenous and environmental movements and organizations of the continent, generating a free space for publication in which to share written, audiovisual, visual and sound information, recognizing the diversity of languages and forms of communication, and breaking language barriers to promote linguistic justice and participatory communication.
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Sofía Jarrín
Co-founder and co-editor. Self-trained as a community journalist and radio producer since 2004, I covered many events and protests for Indymedia, WMBR at MIT, Pacifica Radio, ALER in Ecuador, among others. My articles have been published in alternatives news media such as Z Magazine, Dollars & Sense, TruthOut.org, Democracy Now!, and NPR World. My work at Awasqa is mostly volunteer, and I am a full-time academic translator/copy editor.
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Articles by Awasqa
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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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Community-Based Human Rights Impact Assessment of Canadian Mine in Oaxaca
San José mining project. Report on the violation of human rights in the communities of Ocotlán, Ejutla and Tlacolula, Oaxaca Executive Summary This report assesses the impact on human rights of the “San José” and “San José II” mining projects belonging to the Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán SA de CV – a subsidiary of Fortuna Silver…
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Bolivia: The Hostile Takeover of Indigenous Organizations
On January 11, Mongabay reported on the pernicious impacts that El Chepete-Balas massive hydroelectric project would have on more than 5,000 indigenous people and the biosphere of the Madidi National Park and Pilón Lajas Reserve. The construction of two dams on Beni River’s Chepete Gorge and El Bala Gorge, respectively, is a project that dates…