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Global warming is forcing a shift in peru’s qoyllur riti, or “snow star” festival. Last Sunday, May 22, was the occasion for a spectacular sight high in the Andes in Peru- over 100,000 people climb 16,500 feet for a mixture of song, dance and prayer. The festival, known as Qoyllur Riti,...
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For the first time, a company responsible for climate change faces legal charges in Europe. he Peruvian farmer and mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya is filing a lawsuit against the German utility RWE at the Regional Court in Essen, Germany. The reason: The energy company’s immense emissions...
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The Colombian Constitutional Court recently banned oil, gas, and mining activities in certain areas of high altitude ecosystems known as paramos. This decision highlights how judicial activism serves as the pivot of the regulatory framework for the mining industry in Colombia. In March, the...
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These Indigenous human rights and environmental activists are making waves in Latin America and beyond. Indigenous leaders around the world are on the front-lines of struggle against corporate exploitation, resource extraction, neoliberal policies, and other injustices impacting people and...
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