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Oriximiná: Quilombolas vs the mines
In Oriximiná, a municipality in the northern state of Pará, traditional people see their lands being invaded by mining, under the conniving gaze of the authorities
The quilombolas, former slaves who live in the municipality of Oriximiná, in the state of Pará, in the North region of Brazil, first escaped from farms and hid behind wild waterfalls.
That was about two hundred years ago. Then, in the 20th century, they ended up falling into the hands of the “bosses” responsible for farming Brazil nuts, who again subjected them to bondage.
Just when they thought they would have a more peaceful life, the 1964 civil-military dictatorship started and, with it, the intensive exploitation of mineral resources.
Quilombola, in Brazil, is the name for the remnants of communities formed by those who resisted slavery.
Constitutional right
These people´s right to the ownership of the lands they inhabit was recognized by the 1988 Constitution, promulgated after the end of the dictatorship.
It should have spelled the end of a long history of persecution and invisibility for the 37 communities of Oriximiná in this situation, estimated to total 10,000 people.
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CALL TO THE PEOPLE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE WORLD WATER FORUM - FAMA2018
The Alternative World Water Forum will take place on March in Brasilia – Brazil -, at the University of Brasilia’s campus.
It is a democratic event aiming to gather organisations and social movements from all over the world that struggle in defence of water as an elementary right to life.
See here manifesto below.
Click here to see the entities that make up the National Coordination of FAMA (in Brazil)