This Week on nacla.org: White Flags in Guatemala, Green Erasure of Indigenous Wayuu, & Coronavirus in Rural Colombia

 

Dear naclistas,

Welcome to another Friday edition of the NACLA newsletter with the weekly roundup of web articles published on nacla.org. This week's Photo of the Week is courtesy of Vaclav Masek and can be found in his article "White Flags as Guatemalans Go Hungry." 

Continue scrolling below to see the latest articles on nacla.org.

Please note: the deadline to submit a photo for our next newsletter will be Wednesday, May 13th. Remember to use the subject line 'NACLA Photo of the Week.' We also ask that submissions include a caption (50 words or less) and a short bio (50 words or less) to info@nacla.org, along with links to social media handles and/or your personal website. 

"8va calle y 1ra avenida, Zona 1" (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2020) 

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NACLA Staff


NEW ON NACLA.ORG

 
 
May 7, 2020
As bureaucratic inefficiency delays economic recovery programs, thousands demand basic social protections following two months of lockdown.  
 
May 6, 2020
A wind energy boom on Colombia’s Caribbean coast threatens to continue the dispossession of Indigenous communities—with a green veneer.    
 
May 5, 2020
Coronavirus has changed economic relations in rural Colombia, pushing campesinos to question extractive economies and offering an alternative model of production. 
   
 
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