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Voices of Latin America
These are uncertain times in Latin America. Popular faith in democracy has been shaken; traditional political parties and institutions are stagnating, and there is a growing right-wing extremism overtaking some governments. Yet, in recent years, autonomous social movements have multiplied and thrived. This book presents voices of these movement protagonists themselves, as they describe the major issues, conflicts, and campaigns for social justice in Latin America today. Latin America Bureau, a London-based, independent organization providing news and analysis on the region, spoke to people from fourteen countries, from Mexico to the Southern Cone. The book captures the voices indigenous acti...
The Heart of Our Earth
Destructive mining is expanded into remote and ecologically sensitive areas across Latin America, and frontline communities are mobilizing in defence of their lands, water, livelihoods, and cultures. The Heart of Our Earth is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered about the true costs of the metals which increasingly power our lives.
Voices of Latin America
These are uncertain times in Latin America. Popular faith in democracy has been shaken; traditional political parties and institutions are stagnating, and there is a growing right-wing extremism overtaking some governments. Yet, in recent years, autonomous social movements have multiplied and thrived. This book presents voices of these movement protagonists themselves, as they describe the major issues, conflicts, and campaigns for social justice in Latin America today. Latin America Bureau, a London-based, independent organization providing news and analysis on the region, spoke to people from fourteen countries, from Mexico to the Southern Cone. The book captures the voices indigenous acti...
Welsh Poetry Competition
An anthology of the first five years of the Welsh Poetry Competition. An international Anglo-Welsh contest seeking to discover new voices from around the world.
Global Governance of the Environment, Indigenous Peoples and the Rights of Nature
This book explores the obstacles facing indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations, governments, and international institutions in their attempts to protect the cultures of indigenous peoples and the world’s remaining rainforests. Indigenous peoples are essential as guardians of the world’s wild places for the maintenance of ecosystems and the prevention of climate change. The Amazonian/Andean indigenous philosophies of sumac kawsay/suma qamaña (buen vivir) were the inspiration for the incorporation of the Rights of Nature into the Ecuadorian and Bolivian constitutions of 2008 and 2009. Yet despite the creation of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2000...
The Past Is an Imperfect Tense
B. Kucinski tells the story of a father-son relationship that begins intense and loving and ends up in pieces. Three factors come together in the story of the boy's life: adoption, drug addiction and racism. The father asks "Would it have been possible at any point to alter the course of this story? Or was it all destined to be?"
Deadly Secrets
Gavin’s life will be turned upside down when he joins a company to work on a product designed to revolutionise the food industry. His initial gut instinct is to walk away, then he discovers one of the company directors is the former love of his teenage life. The financial implications are global and incredible. Powerful individuals and countries are prepared to kill as they compete to seize control of the company. Corruption at high levels, a deadly flaw in the product, and the stakes jump higher and higher. Against overwhelming odds, Gavin must rescue his former love from the hands of an evil cult as they prepare her for a living nightmare.
