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IIRSA: A Project of Destruction1 comment

colono wrote 8 months ago: The colonos blog has been following the plans and projects for commodity corridors – corredore … more →

Tags: South America, Amazonia, indigenous movements, capitalism is murder, Amazon, Environmental Destruction, IIRSA, Perú, Interoceanic Highway

Eye Witness to Correa's Profit Mining and Environmental Destruction: No News There!1 comment

colono wrote 8 months ago: This is yet another report about industrial activities in Ecuador, a country ruled by an authoritari … more →

Tags: capitalism is murder, ecological justice, Ecuador, ascendant copper, Cloudforest, Copper Mesa Mining, corporate irresponsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Correa

Correa's Idiosyncracies, Ecuador's Collectivities & Pachamama at Winter Solstice6 comments

colono wrote 1 year ago: There has been a lot of talk around the world and colonos even get emails from students studying the … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Asamblea Constituyente, capitalism, constitutent assembly, Ecuador, Environmentalism, Globalisation, Grass roots, Politics

UNASURrender to global capitalism4 comments

colono wrote 1 year ago: Rafael Correa is the poster boy of neo-socialism – he wears Quechua shirts and bathes himself … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-militarism, Asamblea Constituyente, capitalism is murder, climate change, constitutent assembly, ecological justice, Ecuador

Corridors of destruction and other neo-socialist "progress"1 comment

colono wrote 1 year ago: Six months before the colonos blog came into being the article below – here translated into En … more →

Tags: Anti-Capitalism, South America, Amazonia, rain forest, corridors, Rafael Correa, UNASUR, deception, indigenous movements

More repression in Ecuador..

colono wrote 1 year ago: When Rafael Correa came into government he soon announced that he was investing more powers in the p … more →

Tags: Politics, Ecuador, Anti-Capitalism, South America, Amazonia, Globalisation, capitalism, "road protest", Environmentalism

The struggle of the Achuar in Peru

colono wrote 1 year ago: Dan Collyns for BBC News writes about the struggle of the Achuar in Peru that their “story is … more →

Tags: Ecuador, South America, Amazonia, Globalisation, Environmentalism, eco-socialism, Green Politics, Tree-hugging, Perú

Climate Change, bio-cultural diversity and livelihoods: the stewardship role of indigenous peoples and new challenges1 comment

colono wrote 1 year ago: These are the conclusions of a report on the “IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES ON … more →

Tags: Politics, Ecuador, South America, Life, News, Amazonia, Globalisation, Environmentalism, Green Politics

Current political crisis in Latin America: Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela.1 comment

colono wrote 1 year ago: There has been many news reports – often tied to the terms “terrorism” and “ … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Anti-Terror Laws, Asamblea Constituyente, bio-privateering, constitutent assembly, dark forces, deception, eco-socialism, ecological justice

What does a Christian of the Left do when the people protest?

colono wrote 2 years ago: The answer is easy: DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY, SENDS IN THE ARMY, THROWS PEOPLE IN PRISON! … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Asamblea Constituyente, capitalism, China, Coca to Iquitos, deception, Direct action, eco-socialism, ecological justice

Leave the Oil in the Soil: Yasuni, ITT, the Huaorani people and the Amazon.1 comment

colono wrote 2 years ago: There is a potentially radical process unfolding - keep the oil in the soil: “In the heart of … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Asamblea Constituyente, ayahuasca, bio-privateering, capitalism, Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage, constitutent assembly, corridors, durban group for climate justice

A summary of the Ecuadorian revolution: the rise of the Constituent Assembly

colono wrote 2 years ago: Roger Burbach’s informative piece called “Ecuador’s Popular Revolt: Forging a New Nation … more →

Tags: Amazonia, anarchism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-militarism, Asamblea Constituyente, capitalism, constitutent assembly, corridors, Direct action

Anarchism and Indigenous Struggles.

colono wrote 2 years ago: INDIGENOUS ANARCHISM IN BOLIVIA – An Interview with Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, by Andalusia Kno … more →

Tags: Politics, Ecuador, Anti-Capitalism, anarchism, Amazonia, Globalisation, capitalism, Anti-militarism, Direct action

Thank you very much for a very nice comment :)

colono wrote 2 years ago: Colonos has received this very nice comment, which deserves promotion: by Phillip Bannowsky | philli … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Asamblea Constituyente, constitutent assembly, Ecuador, Grass roots, Greenwash, Life, manta-manaus, media distortions

Free Software in Ecuador: Correa's got that one right!1 comment

colono wrote 2 years ago: Rafael Correa is taking quite some critical heat for his double standards or disregard -even- for th … more →

Tags: Amazonia, Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage, corridors, eco-socialism, Ecuador, Environmentalism, Free Software

The mainstream catches up with colonos: the corridors will destroy the Amazon

colono wrote 2 years ago: In today’s Guardian there is an article echoing what’s been a central subject of this bl … more →

Tags: Politics, Ecuador, South America, Amazonia, capitalism, Environmentalism, Rio Napo, corridors, Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage

Correa's sunshine story: ITT2 comments

colono wrote 2 years ago: Like the World Bank, the IOM et al. have their sunshine stories (white-, green- you name it wash), s … more →

Tags: Politics, Ecuador, Anti-Capitalism, South America, Amazonia, Globalisation, capitalism, Environmentalism, Green Politics

Who builds the Manta-Manaus corridor, and why?2 comments

colono wrote 2 years ago: In an article about the falling empire(s) and the rise of (sub-)empires, like the one projected unde … more →

Tags: Ecuador, Anti-Capitalism, South America, News, Amazonia, Globalisation, capitalism, Environmentalism, eco-socialism


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