War In The Amazon
UnpublishedMay
1989
Volume:
23
Number:
1
Report
THE CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS IS NEAR- ing completion. The final large redoubt of uncon- quered territory, the Amazon, is being rapidly subju- gated by the combined efforts of government, private capital and multilateral banks.
Article
Bill Hinchberger
When Brazil's Left-labor Workers Party (PT) swept 35 mayoralties in November, Sao Paulo-South Amer- ica's largest city--came to be gov- erned by a radical 54-year-old single woman. Luiza Erundina de Souza is a longtime grass-roots activist and for- mer social worker who helped found the PT in 1980.
Darrell A. Posey
I REMEMBER GOING TO VISIT AN ABAN- doned Kayap6 village site near Conceiqgo do Ara- guaia, in July of last year. I was guided there by Bepto- poop, a wise and respected shaman and tradition-knower from Gorotire village and one of my most beloved men- tors.
Susanna B. Hecht
IN THE AMAZON, WHEN TREES FALL PEO- ple die. Sometimes they die because their livelihood is destroyed.
Manuela Carneiro da Cunha
IN FEBRUARY, WHEN THE KAYAPO INDI- ans of ParAi state hosted a meeting of native people and environmentalists from around the world, a new stage in indigenous resistance began-one of organized "modern" political confrontation. At the same time, in the Upper Envira river valley and the Jutaf, distant groups refused any contact with whites and penetrated ever deeper into the vast Amazon forest.
James Baker as Marlboro Man Washington Post Sunday Magazine January 29, 1989 Double Standard Headlines after five Central Ameri- can nations signed agreement in Feb- ruary: "A Latin Peace Plan Not So Broad: Ball in Nicaragua's Court" New York Times, February 16, 1989 "Central American peace plan puts ball back in US court" London Financial Times, same day Porn is Freedom At a time when the wallpaper jour- nalism of the West was mounting a fairly hysterical hate campaign to claw down Pinochet, Santiago was thinly and extremely politely policed by the carabineros, though I suspect they don't take kindly to having Molotov cocktails chucked at them. As for free- dom of the press, I can only say that Hustler was on sale in my hotel.
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BUSINESS AS USUAL T HE ESSENCE OF OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM is its supposed impartiality. Though experienced journalists are well aware that politicians often set them up to undercut political enemies, even the most cynical members of the U.
Stephen G. Bunker
IN FEBRUARY 1985, THE FIRST LOAD OF manganese and iron-i 1,500 tons in 160 railroad cars-left Carajds, a series of rugged hills in the south- east of the Brazilian Amazon. Discovered 17 years ear- lier by an affiliate of U.
Susanna B. Hecht
These placid creatures which used to require so little food have now apparently developed a raging appetite and turned into man eaters. Fields, houses, forests, towns, everything goes down their throats.
Steve Ellner
When riots broke out in Venezuela on February 27, the government of- fered explanations that were as numer- ous as they were contradictory. The governor of the state of Miranda (which includes part of the capital, Caracas) and the minister of defense blamed "subversive elements.