Like those lovers discovered in the midst of passion, rediscovered centuries later on a distant beach. Thus we live, thus we die. Escaping from strange glances, from meaning and signifier. Moving away into the light of day, so as not to remember the passions of a finite love. I wish we were imprisoned with stones, mud, and sand, covered so […]
Category Archives: PERSONAJES PENINSULARES
On the Way to the "Best Place in the Jungle" Lili, an environmental activist from Guayaquil, participated in the Intercultural Meeting of the Cofán People that took place a few days ago in the community of Dureno (Sucumbíos, Ecuador). Now she tells us about her experience: I undertook this journey after overcoming many obstacles. I live in Guayaquil and I realized how tied I am to […]
The communities of the A'i Kofán Nationality are spread across 14 settlements in Ecuador and Colombia. They have lived there for several hundred years, hunting, fishing, and gathering. The A'i Kofán Nationality is one of the smallest in the world, with just over a thousand people in total. Their environment and way of life […]
Women in Palmar, making the traditional corn custard. PHOTO: Ramón Zambrano. The tradition of the Table of the Dead is an experience of our people and consists of a wide range of exquisite dishes made with fruits from the sea and land. Corn custard, bread of the dead, papaya preserves, the traditional drink of […]
Since time immemorial, warriors have raised war flags. This is a flag of PEACE. This universal symbol, its three spheres, were designed by Nicholas Roerich as the synthesis of all arts, all sciences, and all religions, within the circle of culture. He defined culture as "the cultivation […]
'The Nobodies'. The Book of Embraces. Eduardo Galeano (1940) Fleas dream of buying a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty, that some magical day good luck will suddenly rain down, that good luck will rain down in buckets; but good luck doesn't rain down yesterday, or today, or tomorrow, […]
"I am nature, the Universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, primordial daughter of time, sovereign of all things spiritual, queen of the dead, queen, also, of the immortals, the sole manifestation of all the gods and goddesses that exist. In the Mayan worldview, the first humans were made of clay, then of wood, and finally of yellow corn […]
What is a woman's mission? – To teach men to love. When they learn, they will have a different way of behaving with women and with Mother Nature. We must see our bodies as sacred and know that sex is a sacred act; that's the way for it to be sweet and fill us with […]
BY: Miguel Delgado C. Land and water are key factors in peasant and community production. For decades, they have been a fierce dispute between large agribusinesses and rural families around the world. According to a UN report, between 15 and 20 million hectares of agricultural land […]
PHOTO: Patricia Venegas 69 tongues of anger seek my jugular and my spine desired by vermin and travel, and the proof loses its balance and I fall full of touch and shadow, and lying in the slow agony of the sea that writhes trembling like a wounded body of ocean and gallops, of dead sirens and angels, the chrysalis greets […]
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