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unicef: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover and a boy use learning tiles to form words in Shipibo, the local indigenous language, during his visit to the primary school in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the Peruvian Amazon. The school provides bilingual inter-cultural education for indigenous children. All classes are taught in the Shipibo language. In Ucayali Region, the Ministry of Education and UNICEF are providing books written in the local language and supporting teacher-training in the indigenous language and culture. © UNICEF/Susan Markisz http://www.unicef.org this.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover and a boy use learning tiles to form words in Shipibo, the local indigenous language, during his visit to the primary school in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the Peruvian Amazon. The school provides bilingual inter-cultural education for indigenous children. All classes are taught in the Shipibo language. In Ucayali Region, the Ministry of Education and UNICEF are providing books written in the local language and supporting teacher-training in the indigenous language and culture.

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Viva los Zapas (missed the local Zapas representing in the Friday night Latin club meeting; making up for it?) fotojournalismus: Masked Zapatista Army Commander Marcos. NDC (National Democratic Convention) organised by Subcommandante Marcos. Chiapas. Mexico 1994. [Credit : Abbas]

Viva los Zapas

(missed the local Zapas representing in the Friday night Latin club meeting; making up for it?)

fotojournalismus:

Masked Zapatista Army Commander Marcos. NDC (National Democratic Convention) organised by Subcommandante Marcos. Chiapas. Mexico 1994.

[Credit : Abbas]

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Full Text Rio+ The Future We Want (19 June)

To note: Part I of VI

  • 7-9: importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • 13: recognize that people’s opportunities to influence their lives and future
  • 24: deep concern about the continuing high levels of unemployment and underemployment, particularly among young people
  • 25: our concern that the scale and gravity of the negative impacts of climate change
  • 28-29,
  • 35: ‘We recognize that more attention should be given to Africa’),
  • 39-4: economic balance w Mother Earth)
  • 45: ‘We recognize the leadership role of women’
  • 49-53: stress the importance of the participation of indigenous peoples, young people, workers and trade unions, small-scale farmers and fishers, pastoralists and foresters, non-governmental organizations

I may pick this up again later in the day and give a ‘To Note’ for the remaining 5 parts, but I hope these snippets appeal to your curiosity. Download the document. Sit down for a cuppa and have a read.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. HOLD ALL NATIONS ACCOUNTABLE TO RIO+!

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cultureofresistance: Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil Hundreds of people are participating in a protest against the controversial Belo Monte dam in Altamira, Brazil, reports Amazon Watch. Indigenous leaders, fishermen, and others dependent on the Xingu River have gathered to occupy the Monte Dam construction site. The protesters say they will stay until the $11-17 billion project is canceled. “Belo Monte will only succeed if we do nothing about it. We will not be silent. We will shout out loud and we will do it now,” said Juma Xipaia, a local indigenous leader, in a statement. “We only demand what our Constitution already ensures us: our rights. Our ancestors fought so we could be here now. Many documents and meetings have already transpired and nothing has changed. The machinery continues to arrive to destroy our region.” The protesters are reportedly blocking the Trans-Amazon Highway (BR-230) near Santo Antônio village, where it passes the proposed construction site, according toAmazon Watch. Belo Monte is extremely controversial, raising widespread outcry from environmentalists, indigenous groups and their advocates. The project would block most of the flow of the Xingu River and inundate thousands of hectares of rainforest. Critics say the dam will operate well below capacity for much of the year when river levels are low. It will also disrupt fish migration patterns, affecting local livelihoods. 

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Occupy Belo Monte: indigenous stage “permanent” protest against Amazon dam in Brazil

Hundreds of people are participating in a protest against the controversial Belo Monte dam in Altamira, Brazil, reports Amazon Watch. 

Indigenous leaders, fishermen, and others dependent on the Xingu River have gathered to occupy the Monte Dam construction site. The protesters say they will stay until the $11-17 billion project is canceled. 

“Belo Monte will only succeed if we do nothing about it. We will not be silent. We will shout out loud and we will do it now,” said Juma Xipaia, a local indigenous leader, in a statement. “We only demand what our Constitution already ensures us: our rights. Our ancestors fought so we could be here now. Many documents and meetings have already transpired and nothing has changed. The machinery continues to arrive to destroy our region.” 

The protesters are reportedly blocking the Trans-Amazon Highway (BR-230) near Santo Antônio village, where it passes the proposed construction site, according toAmazon Watch. 

Belo Monte is extremely controversial, raising widespread outcry from environmentalists, indigenous groups and their advocates. The project would block most of the flow of the Xingu River and inundate thousands of hectares of rainforest. Critics say the dam will operate well below capacity for much of the year when river levels are low. It will also disrupt fish migration patterns, affecting local livelihoods. 

(Source: socialuprooting)

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FTW aljazeera: Bolivia president pauses highway construction | Evo Morales halts road plan after minister resigns in protest against police crackdown on indigenous demonstrators.

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Bolivia president pauses highway construction | Evo Morales halts road plan after minister resigns in protest against police crackdown on indigenous demonstrators.

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