INDIAN VILLAGE FOUNDATION
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Established by Bishop Leonidas Proaño
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LAND, LAND AND HUMANITY ... ... JUST BE (Part II)
A Vision for the destruction of Mother Earth and Good Living from the indigenous peoples of Guatemala. 4. The looting and its effects on Mother Nature There
advanced deterioration of our ecosystem, Mother Earth is crying. There is the presence of unbalanced periods of rain and flooding, mudslides there, the hills can not stand and fall off, rivers over their banks. And the rain cycle has changed, not like before. On the other hand the summer and dry season is also uncontrolled, with prolonged droughts. The so-called "dry corridor" is expanding. Communities in the field and do not know when to plant, plus changes have deceived seed. Crops are no longer as before or lost. This loss affects the products of peasants in the countryside. Our sacred corn no longer gives as before, the beans either. They took the opportunity to plant our potatoes, and other products from our land, because GM has brought us cheaper goods from other countries. Now we want to take our sacred corn and beans. Perhaps instead of tortillas want us to eat burgers? Where is food sovereignty? The food crisis is suffering at the community level with the loss of food quality, threatening to kill people, as more and more artificial foods consumed. Malnutrition in children will further increase and the hunger will be more apparent in large towns.
In relation to health there are new diseases such as swine fever. There is the expansion of vector mosquitoes and epidemics such as dengue and malaria. Changes in temperature also increases respiratory problems, diarrhea and parasites. advanced deterioration of our ecosystem, Mother Earth is crying. There is the presence of unbalanced periods of rain and flooding, mudslides there, the hills can not stand and fall off, rivers over their banks. And the rain cycle has changed, not like before. On the other hand the summer and dry season is also uncontrolled, with prolonged droughts. The so-called "dry corridor" is expanding. Communities in the field and do not know when to plant, plus changes have deceived seed. Crops are no longer as before or lost. This loss affects the products of peasants in the countryside. Our sacred corn no longer gives as before, the beans either. They took the opportunity to plant our potatoes, and other products from our land, because GM has brought us cheaper goods from other countries. Now we want to take our sacred corn and beans. Perhaps instead of tortillas want us to eat burgers? Where is food sovereignty? The food crisis is suffering at the community level with the loss of food quality, threatening to kill people, as more and more artificial foods consumed. Malnutrition in children will further increase and the hunger will be more apparent in large towns.
monocultures, building more dams and mining projects metallic gold, silver, copper, mercury and uranium mining as no large-scale metal such as cement, barite, and sulfur are causing destruction of our lands and territories. Are causing damage to human health, natural elements of our entire environment, not bring development to communities While increased social conflict, displace populations and further impoverishes the people. 
working to put a lot of attention is the shortage and water pollution. Companies such as beer and carbonated water are hoarding water sources. Who knew a decade ago that the holy water would have to buy? Experts point out that in Guatemala the rise in global temperature of two to three degrees Celsius, due to climate change severely affect the country's aquifers as expected lack of rainfall and water flows available from 7 to 30 percent. Waste and industrial waste are accelerating pollution of our rivers and lakes. The river Cuilco San Miguel community is disappearing and what remains is being polluted by the mining company. Amatitlán Lake is another example of contamination and now the Lake Atitlan, the most beautiful lake, is contaminated.
working to put a lot of attention is the shortage and water pollution. Companies such as beer and carbonated water are hoarding water sources. Who knew a decade ago that the holy water would have to buy? Experts point out that in Guatemala the rise in global temperature of two to three degrees Celsius, due to climate change severely affect the country's aquifers as expected lack of rainfall and water flows available from 7 to 30 percent. Waste and industrial waste are accelerating pollution of our rivers and lakes. The river Cuilco San Miguel community is disappearing and what remains is being polluted by the mining company. Amatitlán Lake is another example of contamination and now the Lake Atitlan, the most beautiful lake, is contaminated. The history of vulnerability of our people had already been tested in recent years with Hurricane Micht (1998), famine in Camotan and Jocotan (2001) the storm Stan (2005). Indigenous peoples being the most affected.
We will not tire to point out that the problem is by the vision of development and progress and tax ruling you have. The anthropocentric view of it. Disasters are not "natural" are caused by the hand of capitalism that is based on individualism, competition, plunder and exploitation. Everything is looking forward to buying and selling. Climate change is the crisis of the neoliberal system of civilization, the liquidation of the planet and humanity disappear unless we act in time.
Addressing climate change generated by the neoliberal model, we believe that they are false solutions proposed. Among the false solutions are monocultures, known as REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation) which represents colonialism forest, allowing polluting industries to the north, to buy pollution permits or carbon credits with the promise of not cutting down forests and plantations in the south, even has been called classic scam century. On the other hand the so-called CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) obtaining permits to pollute through projects in the south. For indigenous peoples are a new form of colonialism. We want a Guatemala environmentally conscious and respectful of biodiversity and culture where they develop sustainable production processes for our peoples. We will not tire to point out that the problem is by the vision of development and progress and tax ruling you have. The anthropocentric view of it. Disasters are not "natural" are caused by the hand of capitalism that is based on individualism, competition, plunder and exploitation. Everything is looking forward to buying and selling. Climate change is the crisis of the neoliberal system of civilization, the liquidation of the planet and humanity disappear unless we act in time.
Complex criminalization of our struggle reflects a legacy of dictatorial rule that involves the manipulation of human beings and nature, creating crisis through land grabbing, a crisis that is reflected in famine, repression, control, re-militarization, in persecution, murder.
But the system through the government, rather than hear the ancestral voices, which has sought to silence our voice of protest and divide our communities. Seek to silence our demand for justice assistance programs that benefit a few or with gifts and projects aimed at winning the leaders of our communities and try to buy our dignity and commodify the world view, which is the essence of life of our peoples. 5. Towards the search for solutions and climate change solutions.
With all these facts and policies, our grandfathers and grandmothers us have maintained a resistance to defend our Mother Earth, territories and natural resources. That is why our peoples and communities have raised their voices to resist because we have the clarity of what is at stake the foundations of our life and that of future generations.
Therefore, in the four corners of our country, communities and villages are rising to say: No more damage to our Mother Earth!. No more destruction to the planet!. No more evictions of our territories!. No more death to the sons and daughters of Mother Earth!. No more criminalization of our struggles!.
Along with this resistance have made proposals to the various governments, but we have only fallen on deaf ears. Before this hearing of the powerful we've had enough of making proposals that break in the wall of indifference and impunity.
We're calling to peoples and communities, organizations and groups, boys and girls, men and women, grandfathers and grandmothers to defend the dignity and sovereignty of our peoples and territories. Begin to know and deepen all practices that allow us to protect, defend and protect life, which is not unique of native peoples, but of all who live in this country.
us join forces and energies to emphatically reject the national and transnational corporations that steal our natural resources, our skills and knowledge. Our voices must speak for the recovery of our territory, free from mining, oil-free services, free of impunity and almost any company to drive pirates and legitimate and full recognition of the rights of the Life of Mother Earth as subject of rights, based on the principles and philosophical values \u200b\u200bof different ancestral worldviews.
need a change of attitude and lifestyle. Is needed paradigm shift. We must transcend the anthropocentric thinking. We must reconstruct the worldview of our peoples, based on holistic thinking of the relationship with the cosmos, mother earth, air, water and all living beings. That is, humans do not own nature, but it is part of everything that has life. There is a thought of complementarity, respect, communality, reciprocity and spirituality. We propose the "cosmovivir" based on cosmosentir the cosmosaber, the cosmoestar and cosmocimiento.
must be respected voices of the people through community consultations in good faith, to be binding because they are based in international instruments such as ILO Convention 169, ratified by the State of Guatemala, so it is national law. It is also supported by the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples of the United Nations and other national laws.
We do not agree with the simple idea of \u200b\u200b"mitigate" or "adapt" to climate change. Justice is needed ecological and climate, that is to blame for this damage to pay for the crimes committed against Mother Nature. It is therefore important that policies to protect biodiversity, food sovereignty, water management and administration based on the experiences and involvement full of their own communities.
consider important and viable proposals from the President of the State of Bolivia in their ideas of good living, the 10 commandments to save the planet and humanity and the installation of an international court of justice to climate change.
6. Indigenous peoples in Guatemala have maintained and always keep our voice of struggle and resistance
is the time for all and all we get up, that no one remains behind the others, it is time to strengthen our resistance, to resume our self-defense measures, increase the struggles, improve coordination and unity and go resistance from the construction of a People's Power, Wake up and come to the Aurora. It is necessary to continue our path of struggle for the decolonization of our peoples and Reconstitution of being Mayab ', following the footsteps traveled and inherited by our heroes, heroes, ancestors and guided by the Kej, energy of the four pillars, the authority, the four directions.
reaffirm our conviction to fight for the defense of Mother Earth, Territories and humanity in the pursuit of balance with the cosmos, with the constant threat of neo-colonialism of transnational corporations to continue exploiting natural assets, whereas Peoples originating and labor to create wealth for economic empires.
"ALL RISE TO NO ONE LEFT BEHIND"
LAND IS NOT FOR SALE, TO RECOVER AND DEFEND!
"MAYA PEOPLES WELFARE WE WANT, SO WE SAY:
NO TO MINING. SI A LA VIDA "
Paper supported by the Latin American Meeting" Pachamama Peoples Liberation Kawsay Sumak organized by the Indian People of Ecuador Foundation in celebrating the first centenary of the birth of Bishop Leonidas Proaño. Maya of Guatemala
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