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

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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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