As another October 12th comes and goes, Spanish colonialism continues on the continent as does the neocolonialism of Latin American governments. So too does the resistance of the indigenous peoples.
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Stop Megaprojects Forum!
Learn how you can support the Struggle for Life and Stop the megaprojects of Death.
Speakers: Bettina Cruz Velazquez, consejala from the Isthmo, Sara Gómez, consejala from Candelaria, Campeche, and Mario Quintero, CNI member from the Isthmo.
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Gilberto López y Rivas The principle of self-determination, understood as the right of peoples and nations to freely choose their political, economic and cultural regime, including the formation of an independent state, and to resolve all questions related to their existence, was consolidated as a fundamental element of the international legal framework, at least formally, after World War II, when the Charter of the United Nations specified the equal rights of nations and the self-determination of peoples. The principle of self-determination is enshrined in several international documents, such as the Atlantic Charter of 1941, the United Nations Declaration of 1942,
The Right to Self-Determination of Peoples and Nations – Part I READ MORE »
The Nature Conservancy, USAID and AMEXID signed on to a letter of intent, that promises investment in southeastern Mexico –Investment, which only serves to feed ravenous disposession and devastation of indigenous lands in the name of development.
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Hermann Bellinghausen on the phenomena of internal colonialism. “Since the 19th century, the countries of the hemisphere began a progressive dispossession that, under national rather than colonial arguments, has never been interrupted. It takes on distinct guises, changing with historical junctures.”
Colonialism Without End READ MORE »
