Tag Archives: Environment
Portending Disaster for Mankind: Michel Temer opens the Amazon for Mining
On August 23, 2017 Michel Temer, President of Brazil thanks to the effective coup which displaced elected President Dilma Rousseff, … Read More »
The Awry Steps of Gas Natural Union Fenosa in Colombia: Chronicle of an intervention foretold
(Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator- Edited by Shanise Faust) In a timely fashion the Colombian government decided to take … Read More »
Moisés Varón, the Director of the USO Detained for Protesting Against Fracking in San Martín, Freed
(Translated by Deryn Collins, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://censat.org/es/noticias/liberado-moises-varon-dirigente-de-la-uso-detenido-por-protestar-contra-el-fracking-en-san-martin Esmad attacks the community that began the civil stoppage against fracking. Various … Read More »
Laundering of Corporate Image + Financial deal = BanCO2
Author: CENSAT Agua Viva – @CensatAguaViva August 28th, 2016 Source: http://censat.org/es/analisis/lavado-de-imagen-corporativa-negocio-financiero-banco2 (Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator) This formula … Read More »
Fracking, For Now, Leaves San Martin
(Translated by Colin Kluender, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://lasillavacia.com/historia/el-fracking-por-ahora-se-va-de-san-martin-58012 By JUANITA VÉLEZ · SEPTEMBER 20 2016 ConocoPhillips, one of the multinational … Read More »
Don’t Have Us Killed for Defending the Water of Caquetá
(Translated by Peter Lenny, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://www.las2orillas.co/que-no-nos-manden-a-matar-por-defender-el-agua-del-caqueta/ By: Selva.com.co* | August 17, 2016 Rural workers from the area report … Read More »
The Indigenous U’wa Need Urgent Support and Protection
(Translated by Anne Schoeneborn, a CSN volunteer translator) Source: http://www.las2orillas.co/el-pueblo-uwa-necesita-apoyo-y-proteccion-urgente/ They demand the return of two essential territories to their community: … Read More »
Tolima: territorial resistance to mega-projects
(Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Source: http://www.polodemocratico.net/noticias/nacionales/10636-tolima-el-corazon-de-la-disputa-por-los-territorios-y-la-resistencia-a-los-megaproyectos The state of Tolima, in the heart of Colombia, is a focal … Read More »
COURT OVERTURNS EVERY POSSIBILITY OF MINING IN THE PARAMO AREA
Source: http://www.vanguardia.com/colombia/346545-corte-tumba-toda-posibilidad-de-mineria-en-zona-de-paramo (Translated by Eunice Gibson, CSN Volunteer Translator) Monday, February 8, 2016 – 08:23 PM The Constitutional Court, sitting … Read More »
Campesino Agriculture: Illusion or Challenge
Source: http://censat.org/es/analisis/la-agricultura-familiar-campesina-ilusion-o-desafio-2 (Translated by Buddy Bell, Volunteer CSN Translator) Author: François Houtart in www.alai.org Worldwide there are movements of campesino … Read More »