Does Bolivia’s current drought crisis and lack of accessible water setting the stage for a repeat of the 2000 Water War? Nasya Razavi tells us the latest on the new struggle for the right to water in Bolivia.
Category Archives: South America
Jan 6th 2017: Environmental Rights Struggle In Ecuador
We start the new year by focusing on the struggle for environmental and indigenous rights in Ecuador. Freelance journalist Bryan Miranda speaks with us about the struggle for environmental justice by the indigenous Shuar community of Ecuador as they fight to prevent the development of a mining project on ancestral lands. We’ll also talk about a few similarities this case has with the Standing Rock struggle as well.
Dec 23rd 2016: Colombia after the NO vote
Laura Carlsen, the exec director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy gives us her analysis of Colombia following its stunning NO vote against ending the almost six-generations long civil war. Who lost? How did it happen? Who stands to benefit from more war?
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