Pachamama Goes Organic: Bolivia’s Quinoa Farmers
The elevator is broken in Bolivia’s Ministry of Campesino and Agricultural Affairs, so together with Arturo Mamani Poma and Salustiano ...
Taking on Big Cellulose: Brazilian Indigenous Communities Reclaim Their Land
In late August, Brazilian minister of justice Tarso Genro shocked many with his decision to demarcate about 27,000 acres of ...
Mexicans and Central Americans ‘Can’t Take Any More’
Imagine this: Congressional representatives scramble out of their seats, ignoring their leader’s exhortations to remain calm. They sprint out the ...
The Persistence of the Peasantry
In the mid-1990s, the World Bank reported that for the first time in history less than half the world's labor ...
Interviews with Three Campesino Activists
INTERVIEWS WITH THREE CAMPESINO ACTIVISTS Peasant organizations exist throughout Central America, and vary in size, composition, and goals. Three campesino ...
Guerrero Ecologists Promote Drug Crop Alternatives
It was two in the morning when I was awakened to begin a journey that would take me high into ...
The Hands That Feed Us
Llama blood splashes onto the dry soil, spattering the walls of nearby adobe houses. The farmers of Río Palca, an ...
MEXICO A Grassroots Challenge
She is a tiny, ancient-looking woman in bare feet and a dingy housewife's apron. Though her face is wizened like ...
