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.
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Sept 2nd 2016: Paraguay Land Rights
Freelance journalist Toby Hill speak with us about struggle for land rights in the great unknown of Paraguay. He has written extensively about social justice movements in Paraguay. You can follow him at @TobyStHill
July 1st 2016: Nicaraguan Canal Project
Cultural Anthropologist Jennifer Goett joins us to discuss the future Nicaraguan Canal project. This “Zombie Megaproject” has major ramifications in Nicaragua regarding the environment, ownership of land, and cultural preservation of the indigenous and Afro-Nicaraguan communities in its path.
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