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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Yanomami y árboles: minas de oro y artículos de oro de lujo / COVID-19 difundido por mineros de oro… « ¡No – Pas de Cartier! » – La exposición se prorroga para el próximo año hasta el 4 de diciembre de 2022

Barbara Crane Navarro

Performance: Escultura de feu, La Miroiterie, París, Francia – 2006: Barbara Crane Navarro

«Los chamanes Yanomami que luchan contra la epidemia dexawaraven aparecer la imagen de la enfermedad en forma de bandas de tela escarlata. ¡La epidemia dexawarase acerca y su humo brilla! Hace que el cielo sea un fantasma y devora a todos los seres humanos en camino! ¡Debe ser perseguido!» “

– Davi Kopenawa, portavoz de los Yanomami y chaman, Roraima, Brasil, de su libro «La caída del cielo»

«Los chamanes Yanomami luchan contraxawara– el humo de las epidemias»
instalación – técnica mixta
Barbara Crane Navarro

Los chamanes de la región del Alto Orinoco del Amazonas, Venezuela, me describieron,oru a wakëxi, el humo del oro en estos términos décadas antes de que leyera las palabras de Davi. Mientras soñaba en mi hamaca en la casa colectiva Yanomami, el shabono, vi la…

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Yaquis, beyond apologies — Stigmatis

Barbara Crane Navarro

Sonora | Mexico For centuries, an indigenous community has survived attempts at extermination and dispossession of land and water. President López Obrador appears before them to ask forgiveness for the outrages they have suffered. “Banishments, extermination attempts, slavery, deprivation of water…. The Yaquis, an indigenous people of northeastern Mexico, have faced for centuries the attack[…]

Yaquis, beyond apologies — Stigmatis

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Especies amenazadas y en peligro de extinción en México —

Barbara Crane Navarro

El lobo mexicano, loro cabeza amarilla, totoaba, monos saraguato y araña, guacamayas verde y roja, el águila real, así como el ajolote mexicano, son especies amenazadas en México que se encuentran en peligro de extinción en nuestro país The post Especies amenazadas y en peligro de extinción en México appeared first on.

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Stand Up for Jamaica adds its voice: Urgent, stop the work on San San now

Petchary's Blog

Further to my last blog post on the ongoing environmental destruction in East Portland, I am sharing below a press release from Stand Up for Jamaica (SUFJ). Like many other Jamaicans, they are shocked by the ongoing destruction of a relatively untouched beauty spot, which is dear to the hearts of many (both locals and visitors); and disturbed at the apparent lack of consultation with residents. In 2019, the new James Bond movie, which was subsequently delayed by the pandemic, was being filmed there! Much of the cast and crew stayed at Gee Jam, a hotel on the hillside just above the scenes of destruction now taking place. I wonder what they would say if they saw it now.

Another section of the destroyed hillsides, with seaside villas on the right.

And, by the way, family members living overseas, with whom we have spent happy times in this area…

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Bat Brigade

Fascinating tale. My now-deceased father-in-law fought in what was then called Burma .

Weekend Stories by Trishikh

“Steady your breathing Naba. You are one with the forest. The jungle is an extension of you, an amplification of your senses. That which grows, creeps, crawls, and moves in it – you are aware of its presence. The night is your prowl and darkness your element,” whispered the ninety-year-old warrior Akoijam to his prodigy. War was in Naba’s blood. For generations, the stealthy fighters of his secret sect were selected from birth and trained to silently guard this region of the northeastern mountain frontier of the Indian subcontinent.

Sucking in the cold forest air of the Shirui Hills through his nostrils, stretching and filling his lungs to the maxim, Naba blew hard into his bamboo blowpipe. A needle-like poisoned wooden projective split through the pitch-black and deathly jungle night and lodged itself into the neck of a Japanese death squad soldier, who instantly fell to the ground and twitched…

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Lucky Dip.

Tunes from the past… loving them

The BUTHIDARS

In the 60’s and 70’s I was most impressed with a Canadian Lady with a huge voice. Though many of her records did well , most were on LP (Long Player, kids) and could only be accessed that way. The song I'[m sharing with you was one of those and I’m sharing it because of the clarity of her voice. The other option would have been a lot of whale song. Allow me to present Judy Collins.

Judy Collins- The Patriot Game from Whales and Nightingales 1970

And now to 1967 and a young gentleman called Jeff Beck. I suspect many of you won’t have heard of him or the song but he was well known for his skills on the guitar,

Jeff Beck- Hi Ho Silver Lining 1967

Here’s a man who doesn’t need an introduction ,after the sacking of the original Drifters in 1958 they were replaced by…

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53 Afghan evacuees, first group leaving war-torn country by air, arrive in Japan | The Japan Times

The Foreign Ministry said Saturday that 53 Afghan evacuees have arrived in Japan, the first group to depart the Taliban-ruled country for Japan by air, with help from Qatar, rather than by land which is deemed more dangerous.

The group — 27 of whom are Japanese Embassy staff members and their families, while the other 26 are workers of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and their families — landed at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture on Friday night via Doha, by means of a commercial plane arranged by Qatar at the request of Japan.

The 53 Afghans arrived in Doha earlier this month and the Japanese government helped with visa issuance and air tickets, according to the ministry.

They are now quarantining after coronavirus testing.

Japan plans to assist some 500 Afghans who were embassy staff or government affiliates and their families in leaving the war-torn country.

Source: 53 Afghan evacuees, first group leaving war-torn country by air, arrive in Japan | The Japan Times