Indigenous leaders and CAFOD partner CENDA are “brave”. Those aren’t my words, they are Naomi Klein’s. Just like TV Channel Al Jazeera and US radio and TV Show ‘Democracy Now’, she has expressed her admiration for the leaders of CONAMAQ. With the support of our partner CENDA and other Bolivian NGOs, CONAMAQ organised the famously [...]
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November 2, 2009
Bolivia: Tackling the climate criminals
The law lecture theatre is on the sixth floor of Cochabamba’s San Simón University. From the balcony outside you can see the town below, but the mountains beyond dominate the skyline. We have spent the last few days on those mountains, talking to farmers affected by a changing climate. Now their concerns and their voices [...]
July 19, 2009
Zambia: What jobs? In whose hands?
I have now visited several ex-miners and their families all hit by job losses. The thread of experiences is clear. Mining has at some points provided jobs, a local economy, public services and importantly hope. But when the sector is hit, the people who live around the mines are hit hardest.
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