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7. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
El Salvador El Salvador lies on the Pacific coast and is the smallest of the Central American countries. Most of the country rests on a fertile volcanic plateau. The development of coffee estates led to the slow but continuous dissolution of most of the… Continue Reading “7. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
6. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Honduras In the western corner of Honduras live the 51,000 strong Ch’orti’ Maya people, cousins of the Cholán Mayans in the Guatemalan lowlands who were responsible for many of the city states like Tikal that the Mayans are famous for. The once mighty Copán… Continue Reading “6. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
5. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Belize The indigenous people in Belize are concentrated mainly in the south and west of the country, in the Corozal, Cayo, Toledo and Orange Walk districts. They are mostly of two main groups. Various Maya groups and the Garifuna who are mostly African in origin but have taken on Cariban language… Continue Reading “5. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
4. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Guatemala The territory of modern Guatemala once formed the core of the Maya civilization of the highlands. Most of the country was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century, becoming part of the vice royalty of New Spain. Guatemala attained independence in 1821 as part of the Federal… Continue Reading “4. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
3. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Mexico (Chiapas) Inhabited mostly by a majority Maya populations of the closely related Tzotzil and Tzeltal ethnic groups in the highlands, the Chol of the forests in the north who inhabited the whole Usumacinta River valley in the Mayan Classic period, the Toholabal and… Continue Reading “3. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
2. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
Mexico (Yucatán Peninsula) The Mayans in the Yucatán Peninsula call themselves simply Maya. Anthropologists and linguists call their language Yucatec Maya. People of Maya ancestry are about 3 million in the Peninsula but only about 1.2 million speak to varying degree the Maya language.… Continue Reading “2. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
1. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas
This is the first part of what will become a seven part series about the modern day Maya peoples in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Since the arrival of Spanish conquistadors to their lands from the 16th century onward, they have had… Continue Reading “1. Empowering the Oppressed – The Mayas”
Mapuche Conflict: ‘People Feel Danger Every Day’.
Check out @AdalbjornVonAda’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/AdalbjornVonAda/status/931518152520986624?s=09
Abby Martin: Insurgency and US Threats in Venezuela
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Bernie Sanders 2020
4. July, 2017. Bernie Sanders for president of the US of A in 2020. Sounds too good to be true. Right. But, this could be become a reality if Bernie Sanders is up to it and the Democratic Party gives him an honest and… Continue Reading “Bernie Sanders 2020”
Standing Rock Update — Voices from the Margins
A Minnesota resident sent a letter to the governor. This oil madness must be stopped. Carol A. Hand The news from Standing Rock, North Dakota, is alarming. I’m not sure if the link below will take to you to a recent video of escalating… Continue Reading “Standing Rock Update — Voices from the Margins”
Ville de Québec – Histoire et Culture
Québec, Quebec, Canada. 5. June, 2017. One wrong decision can sometimes have drastic consequences. Stay inside or go outside. Let’s toss a coin. The Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1769 was fought between French and British forces outside the strong walls… Continue Reading “Ville de Québec – Histoire et Culture”
Loosing a Hair, Loosing a Culture Or, the Lakota Boy who Lost his Hair
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 29. May, 2017. This is a true story about a young Oglala Lakota Native American boy I became acquainted with in a grill party on Memorial Day. I met the 12 year old boy by the pool in the back… Continue Reading “Loosing a Hair, Loosing a Culture Or, the Lakota Boy who Lost his Hair”
Being Poor in Peru
Lima, Peru 27.04.2017 Three meter high fences around your home, topped with electric wiring and crushed glass. Why does a nice upper class area like the Miraflores neighbourhood in Lima have to make their homes look like fortresses? A big part of the reason is… Continue Reading “Being Poor in Peru”
Spanish, a Language of Oppression
Lima, Peru 25.04.2017 In modern times in South America the media, TV and radio, is the ultimate tool of choice for spreading the Spanish language throughout the continent. Media that is in English or other languages is mercilessly and ridiculously dubbed in Spanish before… Continue Reading “Spanish, a Language of Oppression”
Bolivia, a New Dawn?
La Paz, Bolivia. April 7th, 2017. Bolivian history is a violent one. Marked by a vicious cycle of endless robbery by a few elite criollos of Spanish and European descended people who make up the upper class, especially in the east of the country.… Continue Reading “Bolivia, a New Dawn?”
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Pope Francis urges end to Chile’s Mapuche conflict
Posted on 18. January, 2018 by Man in the World
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Pope Francis has used a public address in Chile to denounce violence and call for unity in one of the country’s longest-running conflicts. Speaking in southern Araucania region, the pontiff said “destructive violence” between the indigenous Mapuche people and the state was not the… Continue Reading “Pope Francis urges end to Chile’s Mapuche conflict”
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Category: Che (Mapuche), Native Americans, Political CommentaryTags: Araucania, Chile, Mapuche, Pope Francis, Temuco