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Osava: Small Dams, Big Problems
Znet Article, July, 13 2011
Mario Osava
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Several rivers in western Brazil are likely to become chains of artificial reservoirs feeding small hydroelectric plants
Osava: 'Stateless Peoples' Defend Diversity
Znet Article, February, 05 2009
Mario Osava
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The presence of 1,900 indigenous people representing 190 ethnic groups as well as 1,400 Quilombolas (people of African origins living in traditional communities) was conspicuous among the 133,000 participants from 142 countries. They had their own...
Osava: 1968 and the Birth of Diversity
Znet Article, May, 19 2008
Mario Osava
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Widening the focus to the 1960s is an aid to understanding the broader historical context of 1968, with the May student uprising in France, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the Tet offensive that sealed the fate of the U.S. war in Vietna...
Osava: Indigenous People Fight for Their Rights
Znet Article, February, 04 2006
Mario Osava
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb (IPS) - Land conflicts involving indigenous people have multiplied in Brazil over the last few months, generating greater tension and showing once again that the country's roughly 400,000 indigenous people still have a long way...
Osava: World Social Forum
Znet Article, January, 23 2005
Mario Osava
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 21 (IPS) - Returning to its original venue of Porto Alegre, Brazil, this year's fifth World Social Forum (WSF) will attempt to incorporate some of the lessons learned from the 2004 edition, held in Mumbai, India. The higher d...
