On Friday, August 22nd, the Peruvian legislature voted 66-28 to repeal two laws that would have opened up vast tracts of indigenous land in the Amazon to oil and gas exploration, mining, logging and other destructive “development.”
An estimated 12,000 indigenous protesters from 65 tribes had seized energy installations, marched and clashed with police in protest [...]

Thousands of Peruvian indigenous protesters have agreed to temporarily lift their blockades of oil, gas and hydroelectric infrastructure after Congress agreed to hold a vote on repealing a law that would make it easier for energy, mining and other corporate interests to purchase indigenous land.
The blockades were initiated at a time when Peru is already [...]

The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency (martial law) today in three provinces affected by ongoing indigenous occupations and blockades of energy infrastructure. The government has banned public gatherings and free movement within the northern province of Amazonas and the southern provinces of Loreto and Cuzco, where hundreds of indigenous protesters have seized and [...]

Peru’s state-run oil company Petroperu was forced to shut down a major oil pipeline in the country’s north on Thursday, August 14, due to an ongoing occupation by indigenous protesters angered over new laws encouraging more infrastructure development in the Amazon.
The 500-person protest began on August 11, coinciding with the occupation of a gas field, [...]

In coordinated protests that began on Saturday, August 9, indigenous Peruvians have blockaded and shut down energy infrastructure in both the north and south of the large country.
In the southern Amazonian province of Cusco, hundreds of indigenous protesters occupied Lot 56 of the controversial Camisea gas field, forcing the company to cease extraction there. Argentine [...]

A coalition of 150 protesters from Potomac Earth First!, Students for a Democratic Society-DC and Roadblock Earth First! danced in the streets and stormed the offices of profiteers and supporters of I-69, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) in Washington, DC on Monday, July 28.
Calling their protest “Funk [...]

July 8: Ten Ecuadorians were arrested while protesting plans for the private Hidrotambo hydroelectric dam along the Dulcepamba river in Chillanes canton, Bolivar province. The arrests came after a six-month land occupation in opposition to the dam. (Got any more info on this? Let us know! This came only from a brief mention in a [...]

Cascadia Root Force will be presenting on “The History of Neo-liberalism and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (Global Elites Grand Master Plan for North America)” Thursday May 29, 3-5pm as part of the City Repair Village Building Convergence 8. The presentation will take place from 3-5 pm at the Awakenings Wellness Center.
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The influential Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) has formally declared its opposition to the government of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Central to the declaration is CONAIE’s opposition to large-scale mining and to the South American Regional Infrastructure Integration Initiative (IIRSA). The confederation emphasized that it is not part of the right-wing opposition.
CONAIE accused [...]

Global Exchange and Alliance for Democracy is bringing three speakers to Portland, OR to discuss the Security and Propsperity Partnership (SPP) of North America, often referred to as NAFTA-plus: Hector Sanchez of Global Exchange; Carleen Pickard of the Council of Canadians; and Manuel Perez Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies. Cascadia Root Force will [...]