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Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People

Audio Blog Hope Is a Practice: 30 Years Walking With the U’wa People In a time of repression and daily outrage, where do we find hope? For nearly 30 years, the... January 13, 2026

Peru’s Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again

Blog Peru's Achuar Take Territorial Defense Global, Again The Achuar of the Pastaza River provide a different vision than the traditional top-down models of nature conservation,... October 11, 2018

Divide and Conquer: GeoPark Resurrects Nefarious Old Tactics

Blog Divide and Conquer: GeoPark Resurrects Nefarious Old Tactics Let's say you're an oil company (because, you know, corporations are people, too). You have plans to drill... August 23, 2018

Helping the Achuar Say #AdiosGeoPark

Video Blog Helping the Achuar Say #AdiosGeoPark A new chapter has opened in the Peruvian Achuar effort to keep their Amazonian territory free of oil... August 3, 2018

It Could Cost $1 Billion To Clean Up the Oil in Peru’s Northern Amazon

News It Could Cost $1 Billion To Clean Up the Oil in Peru’s Northern Amazon Who is going to clean up Peru's northern Amazon after decades of companies spilling oil and dumping billions... August 3, 2017

Colombia’s U’wa Still Teaching Us How To Resist

Blog Colombia’s U’wa Still Teaching Us How To Resist The U'wa consider themselves the guardians of their sacred ancestral homeland. In accordance with their natural laws, for... February 3, 2017

Indigenous Diplomacy

Blog Indigenous Diplomacy "Today, I’m here sharing this with you but my people are once again mobilized. We are on Zizuma,... May 19, 2016

The Legacy of Berito Cobaria

News The Legacy of Berito Cobaria "Berito taught Colombia's indigenous people and the world the importance of the globalization of resistance, how to defend... May 11, 2016

They Say the Land Is Dead, But It Lives Yet

News They Say the Land Is Dead, But It Lives Yet "These are very serious accusations providing a political rationale for a violent paramilitary repression against the U'wa," said... May 5, 2016

The Guardians of Mother Earth

News The Guardians of Mother Earth The U’wa, who call themselves the people who know how to think and speak, consider themselves the Guardians... May 3, 2016

U’wa Update: Serious Threats Against Peaceful Mobilization

Blog U’wa Update: Serious Threats Against Peaceful Mobilization There is no legitimate rationale for using violence against the U'wa. They are extreme pacifists by culture (considering... March 28, 2016

Protecting Their Sacred Zizuma

Blog Protecting Their Sacred Zizuma Taking direct action to defend their territory is a deadly serious proposition for Colombia's indigenous peoples. As such,... March 23, 2016

Blog How They Won What we can learn from the U'wa and Achuar Victories in 2015 October 15, 2015

Keep It in the Ground

Blog Keep It in the Ground What becomes of places like the Amazon Basin that don't have major oil reserves, but are vital for... September 29, 2015

Asserting Indigenous Rights in Peru’s Plagued & Prolific Block 192

Blog Asserting Indigenous Rights in Peru's Plagued & Prolific Block 192 "I've seen a publicity campaign saying that Pluspetrol is working hand-in-hand with the communities, that they protect the... July 28, 2015

Bad Faith: Colombian Government Disrespects U’wa People

Blog Bad Faith: Colombian Government Disrespects U'wa People On one side of the table a group embodying integrity, legitimacy, humility. Across from them on the other?... June 24, 2015

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