Tag Archives: ECUARUNARI

Conference for Water and Pachamama

Posted 28 July 2011 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Citizen Action, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade, Right-to-Know & Communications Rights, South America | No Comments

Nearly two thousand activists explored extractivism over three days in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, at the Continental Conference for Water and Pachamama, debating the problems created by the extractive model and possible alternatives. The Conference Ethics Tribunal condemned militarization and the criminalization of protest, which are integral parts of the extractive model.

Ecuador’s Attempted Coup and Threats to Democracy in the Hemisphere

Posted 23 October 2010 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Central America, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade, Regular Columnists, South America | No Comments

The Sept. 30 attempted coup in Ecuador that killed three and held the elected president hostage serves as a warning. Democratic transitions remain fragile and incomplete in Latin America and some of the boldest moves away from colonialism and toward inclusive societies are being met with reactionary force. As the Ecuadorean police uprising shows, nations could lose the important gains that have been made over the past decades.