18 June | Interviews | Forests and biodiversity | Human rights
Almost two decades after the introduction of the first genetically modified (GM) crops in the region and while new strains of GM crops are being released every year, REDES-Friends of the Earth Uruguay is organizing a seminar with experts to analyse the impacts of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the people and the environment.
17 June | Interviews | Resisting neoliberalism | Food Sovereignty
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Real World Radio interviewed Eric Darier about how Monsanto’s GM trials contaminate crops and citizens in the United States, and the role of citizens in the fight against agribusiness corporations.
17 June | Interviews | Extractive industries | Climate Justice and Energy
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On the weekend of June 14th and 15th, PhD Paul Connett gave a lecture on waste management and "zero waste" strategy in Montevideo, Uruguay.
17 June | Interviews | 6th International Conference of La Via Campesina | Resisting neoliberalism | Food Sovereignty
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Real World Radio interviewed Zimbabwean peasant Elizabeth Mpofu during La Via Campesina’s (LVC) 6th International Conference held in Jakarta, Indonesia from June 9 to 13. The organization has now moved its international secretariat to Zimbabwe, so the national group of LVC Zimbabwe will be playing a new international role and facing new challenges.
14 June | Chronicles | Free Honduras | Social activists at risk | Resisting neoliberalism | Human rights
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Truth won over the military and political persecution of Berta Caceres, leader of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), who had the accusations against her overturned, although the trial is not finished yet.
13 June | Interviews | Social activists at risk | Resisting neoliberalism | Human rights
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“There is a policy to occupy and evict land. Berta Caceres is defending the lands that have been occupied by transnational corporations with the aid of the Honduran army”, said Juan Almendares of Friends of the Earth Honduras.
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