When using a discourse to convince society on sensitive issues—in this case, the much-controversial mega-mining industry, promoted like never before by the current Ecuadorian government—the government has resorted to several concepts that, by repetition, are trying to gain acceptance among ordinary citizens. The high mining potential, […]
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WATER SYMBOLIZES LIFE, AND LIFE IS THE HIGHEST SPIRITUAL GIFT GIVEN TO HUMAN BEINGS. THEREFORE, MY OBLIGATION IS TO EXPERIENCE IT FULLY, MAKING IT A SACRAMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND QUALITY. The worldview of Indigenous peoples is based on a harmonious and holistic relationship between all elements of life.
Runoff carries mining waste into rivers (Llallagua, Bolivia) By Kashyapa AS Yapa There is no life without water. We must be able to survive for a long time without food, but without water, we cannot. This vital liquid makes up more than half of the human body. We can say, then, that yaku mama (mother water) […]
Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation need your support. Guayaquil. Even though the issue has ceased to be covered in the media, society must not forget their violated rights. Therefore, the organization CDES (Center for Economic and Social Rights) invites you to this first International Film Festival on Isolated Indigenous Peoples, the same […]
In the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku, "People of Midday," Pachamama Uyanza is celebrated every year in May. This celebration is held in gratitude for the bounty of the earth, the Kawsak Sacha – Living Forest, and the protective beings who maintain the harmony of the […]
A smiling Rafael Correa waves to a robot in Incheon, South Korea (2010). Photo: www.terra.com.ec. Yachay, the “city of knowledge,” has been hailed by President Correa as the most important project in Ecuador's history; however, Dr. Arturo Villavicencio[1], former Rector of the IAEN (Institute of Advanced National Studies, Ecuador), describes it as […]
Indigenous peoples have always sung of their land, the joys and sorrows of love, their heroes, the beauty of their women, and the courage of their people. All of this, wrapped in longing and poetry that springs from the heart of the people, to the rhythm of the magical instrumentation of their voices, their pingullos, their […]
The lives of isolated Indigenous people, the most vulnerable within a historically sensitive and abandoned region, have returned to existence in the Ecuadorian and global imagination only through their deaths. Is it possible for us, as an organized society, to confront these situations and prevent their extinction? We firmly affirm that it is possible to do so […]
Originally published: Dec. 2, 2011 Republished: Feb. 19, 2013 Organizations, communities, nationalities, collectives and individuals from the continent, along with academics, researchers, scientists, writers, poets, artists, dreamers, lovers of life, who met months ago in Cuenca de Guapondelig (Cañari city) to defend water and Pachamama and after exchanging experiences, reflecting, debating and building proposals that help […]
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