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Bruno Pereira Dom Phillips

SALSA Statement on Tragic Deaths of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips (6-16-22)

SALSA Statement Os mortos trágicos de Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips 16 June 2022 [English below] Os estudantes, acadêmicos e ativistas afiliados à SALSA – especialistas nos povos e ambientes da Amazônia – juntam-se aos colegas que expressam indignação e profunda tristeza com os mortos de Bruno Pereira e...

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SALSA Against Law 490/2007

SALSA Statement Against Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 (6-27-21)

SALSA Statement Condemning Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 27 June 2021 Strongly supported by the agro-industrial sector, Law #490/2007 provides for several changes in the territorial rights of Indigenous Peoples as guaranteed by Brazil’s Constitution. The law applies the “time limit thesis” (marco temporal) to the question of demarcating...

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Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike

SALSA Statement on the Serious Situation of Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Chile (7-22-20)

SALSA Statement On the Serious Situation of Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Chile 22 July 2020 The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA), an international scholarly association comprised of professors, students, and practitioners, is writing to express our grave concerns about the health and...

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Brazil failure to protect indigenous

SALSA Letter to Brazilian authorities on failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population (6-15-20)

SALSA Letter to Brazilian Authorities On Brazil’s failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population during the COVID-19 pandemic 15 June 2020 Português Español [pdf-embedder url="https://salsa-tipiti.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PIAC-Brazil-Covid-19-Response-June-15-2020.pdf" title="PIAC Brazil Covid-19 Response June 15 2020"]   ...

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Black Lives Matter

SALSA Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Condemning Structural Violence (6-10-20)

SALSA Statement In Support of Black Lives Matter and Condemning Structural Violence 6-10-20 Declaração da SALSA em apoio à Black Lives Matter e condenando a violência estrutural Declaración de SALSA en apoyo a Black Lives Matter y en rechazo a la violencia estructural [iframe src="https://salsa-tipiti.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ENG-SALSA-Statement-on-Racism-June-10-2020.pdf" width="100%" height="700"] Featured image: https://foodfirst.org/leaders-of-color-discuss-structural-racism-and-white-privilege-in-the-food-system/...

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