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COVID-19 Lowland South America

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June

CARTA AL MINISTRO VÍCTOR ZAMORA: Desde las 4 Cuencas se solicita activar y adecuar urgentemente intervenciones de emergencia COVID-19 (6-8-20)

June 15, 2020
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Indigenous positions, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

CARTA AL MINISTRO VÍCTOR ZAMORA: Desde las 4 Cuencas se solicita activar y adecuar urgentemente intervenciones de emergencia COVID-19 PUINAMUDT 6-8-20 Desde las organizaciones indígenas de las cuatro cuencas FEDIQUEP (Federación Indígena Quechua del Pastaza), FECONACOR (Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Alto Corrientes), ACODECOSPAT (Asociación Cocama de Desarrollo...

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14
June

Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply (6-12-20)

June 14, 2020
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply Scott Wallace 6-12-20 With the coronavirus spreading into remote territories across the Brazilian Amazon, indigenous leaders and rights officials are pleading with the government to adopt urgent measures to head off a catastrophe. According to figures compiled by the...

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14
June

‘Vamos fazer lockdown na aldeia’: governança indígena e desgoverno (6-11-20)

June 14, 2020
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, Anthropology & SALSA on COVID-19, COVID-19 Lowland South America
By SALSA

‘Vamos fazer lockdown na aldeia’: governança indígena e desgoverno Carlos Fausto 6-11-20 A covid-19 começou como uma doença de ricos, mas se espalhou seguindo a topologia da desigualdade brasileira. E, nesse quesito, os indígenas se juntam aos mais pobres, entre os quais não apenas se observa um...

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13
June

The U’wa Community’s Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia (6-11-20)

June 13, 2020
In AAA-SALSA COVID-19 Taskforce, COVID-19 Lowland South America, COVID-19 Related Concerns
By SALSA

The U'wa Community's Nonviolent Resistance to COVID-19 and Attacks in Colombia Andrew E. Miller 6-11-20 The U'wa Indigenous Guard, active in the cloud forest of Colombia near the border with Venezuela, were formed to nonviolently defend U'wa territory from a multitude of external threats from extractive companies and...

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