Fascist Pinochet undermined indigenous people with privatization

IPS – Indigenous Chileans Still Fighting Pinochet-Era Highway Project | Inter Press Service: "“They are coming through here and destroying everything in their path to widen the road. We are not only losing our lands, but also medicinal plants and drainage areas,” he reported.

In his community, “each family has three, five or 10 hectares to live on,” a small area of land considering that only a few decades ago this entire area was made up by Mapuche communal lands.

Through Decree Law 2568, passed in 1979, the Pinochet dictatorship divided up these communal lands into individual properties. Many of these were acquired by private parties, largely companies in the tree plantation, energy and fish farming sectors."

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Sin alternativa a los combustibles fósiles, deberemos cambiar la forma de vivir: Mariano Marzo | Xarxa Sicom: SicomTV - Solidaritat i Comunicació - Dignitat

Sin alternativa a los combustibles fósiles, deberemos cambiar la forma de vivir: Mariano Marzo | Xarxa Sicom: SicomTV - Solidaritat i Comunicació - Dignitat: "Para empezar a sustituir el petróleo como principal fuente de energía, deben decidirse 3 acciones ineludibles:
Rebajar el consumo.
Electrificar el transporte
Invertir tiempo y dinero.
Y cuando hablamos de rebajar el consumo queremos decir reducir un 50% el uso de combustibles fósiles para este menester."

¿Por qué esta crisis no acabará nunca? #peakoil

Ubunteacher's Blog: "En casi todas las crisis económicas ha tenido algo que ver el petróleo. En un sistema económico “business as usual” es imperativo crecer exponencialmente (la capitalización compuesta así lo exige) y esto implica un crecimiento también exponencial de la producción de energías. No existe ningún producto con tanta densidad energética y tan versátil como el petroleo, la industria y la economía se rige por su abundancia o escasez. Crecer de forma exponencial hasta el infinito en un mundo finito es algo que la razón no puede admitir. Sin embargo hemos vivido derrochando energía hasta el punto en que no nos damos cuenta del absurdo. Hemos aceptado un absurdo como forma de vida. La fecha exacta del cenit del petróleo “Peak Oil” no es lo más importante. El momento en que la demanda supere la producción tampoco. Lo importante es que no se está haciendo nada para prevenir el día en que esto pasará."

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South American Cities Face Flood Risk Due to Andes Meltdown: Scientific American

South American Cities Face Flood Risk Due to Andes Meltdown: Scientific American: "As climate change converges with human encroachment in these mountains, the degradation of high Andean ecosystems is accelerating. And there are growing concerns that these costly floods will become a chronic problem even if climate change leads to sustained drought in the region."

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People of México fill the streets in anger over fraudulent election

#YoSoy132 #MexicoNoTienePresidente #MexicoHasNoPresident

http://www.animalpolitico.com/2012/12/fotos-enfrentamiento-afuera-de-san-lazaro/#axzz2DrjpgjqN

Corporatists break their own windows in false flag move

People in México are protesting against a president put in power via election fraud. Police agents broke windows to try to discredit the protest.

See more photos here: Latino Rebels

People of Mexico march against corporate-state election fraud #1dmx

Mexico: Marches Against Political Corruption Met with Violence | OccupyWallSt.org: "Today across Mexico, protesters (including participants from the #YoSoy132 movement and others) have taken to the streets to march against election fraud and the imposition of Enrique Peña Nieto as President on his inauguration day. Using the slogan "#MéxicoNOTienePresidente" (#MexicoHasNOPresident"), the protesters marched on Congress in Mexico City and were met with large squadrons of riot police, enormous barricades, rubber bullets, tear gas, and gas bombs. Reports claim approximately 30 people have been injured, several critically."

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Alianza Arkana - Indigenous Community Occupies 9 Oil Wells of Oil Company, Maple Gas - Alianza Arkana Blog

Alianza Arkana - Indigenous Community Occupies 9 Oil Wells of Oil Company, Maple Gas - Alianza Arkana Blog: "Over 400 villagers in the Native Community of Canan de Cachiaco in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon have taken control of nine oil wells, belonging to oil company, Maple Gas, in oil lot 31B.
Community members took over the oil wells on September 2nd, and continue to hold them as a result of 37 years of oil contamination in their territory by the company."

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Massive protests against corporatism in Mexico

Mexico. People protest fraudulent election

By Marco Ugarte, AP

A man holds a defaced image of president-elect Enrique Pena Nieto as Mexicans unhappy with the presidential election results prepare for a march Saturday.

Students march against Mexico's election result – USATODAY.com: "MEXICO CITY (AP) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Mexico's capital on Saturday to protest Enrique Pena Nieto's apparent win in the country's presidential election, accusing his long ruling party of buying votes."


See also http://www.dadychery.org/2012/07/03/mexican-students-occupy-plaza-present-evidence-of-fraud/ for more evidence of fraud.

People of Mexico reject corrupt corporatocracy

People of Mexico reject rigged elections, demand democracy

Photo by Alejandro Meléndez

Mexico’s 30-day lesson in democracy / Waging Nonviolence - People-Powered News and Analysis: "This time, the Yo Soy 132 participants — who on June 5 officially declared themselves anti-party, anti-Peña Nieto, and anti-neoliberal — called for another march this past Sunday. In total, 300,000 people marched over the course of four hours between the Zócalo and the Angel of Independence. At the same time, people in states all across Mexico and abroad marched against Peña Nieto."

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#YoSoy132

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As Argentina tries to de-colonize big powers have panic attack

Hitting Argentina for Oil Seizure Can Hurt U.S. Interests - Bloomberg: "Fernandez, however, has Argentine public opinion on her side. Her takeover of YPF was backed by more than 60 percent of those polled."

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Miles de estudiantes chilenos vuelven a las calles

Miles de estudiantes chilenos vuelven a las calles: "El actual presidente de la Fech, Gabriel Boric, cifró en 50.000 los asistentes a la movilización y destacó que con la multitudinaria asistencia “hemos dado una muestra al gobierno y a todos los que pensaban que el movimiento estudiantil ya se había agotado, que no vamos a descansar hasta lograr los verdaderos cambios (…) Que vivan los estudiantes, su alegría y convicción”, añadió el dirigente."

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Argentine leader moves to nationalize oil company | ajc.com

Argentine leader moves to nationalize oil company  | ajc.com: "BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — In a bold move to gain control of Argentina's energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez pushed forward a bill to renationalize the country's largest oil company on Monday despite fierce criticism from abroad and the risk of a major rift with Spain."

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What is the biggest drain on the economy? The private auto.

Productivity in Latin America: City limits | The Economist: "Along with land use, transport is the biggest headache facing city authorities. Vehicle ownership is likely to expand by 4% a year over the next 15 years, further clogging the streets. Curitiba stands out as an exception: 54% of journeys there are by public transport. The city’s pioneering bus rapid-transport system has been copied across the region—in Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. In Bogotá the number of daily public-transport journeys is equal to 75% of the population, whereas in Santiago this number is only 50%.

More is needed. Experience in Europe and Asia shows that public authorities can increase the efficiency of goods distribution in cities by getting private firms to share their lorries. And although metros are expensive, the cost of not having them may soon be even greater."

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Limeños pasan una cuarta parte de su vida en transporte público - Actualidad | Perú 21

Algunas personas pasan más de seis horas diarias en un bus, coaster o combi. (USI)

Limeños pasan una cuarta parte de su vida en transporte público - Actualidad | Perú 21: "Los limeños invierten una cuarta parte de su vida viajando en transporte público, con un gran número de vehículos antiguos y pequeños y una infraestructura vial insuficiente, por lo que se requieren sistemas masivos y eficientes como el metro subterráneo."