Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Aaron Karp
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018 ] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Aaron Karp is an activist focused on generating a discussion within the climate justice movement about the need for degrowth and deep, authentic democracy. He is writing a book about how solving our ecological problems necessitates a fundamentally different society. In 2012, he co-founded the fossil fuel … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Aaron Karp
Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Neera Singh
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Neera Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto, Canada. Her research interests include democratization of forest governance, conservation and development, and the affective dimensions of people’s relations with forests. She founded Vasundhara, a non-profit organization based in Bhubaneswar, India, and … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Neera Singh
Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Holly Hanson
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Holly Hanson is a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. Her research, focused primarily on Uganda, explores how dynamic patterns of exchange have been created, and then undermined, and what history suggests about how they might be rebuilt. She is the author of such books as A Path of … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Holly Hanson
Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ David Barkin
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms David Barkin is a professor at the Metropolitan University in Mexico City and an Emeritus member of the National Research Council and the Academy of Sciences in Mexico. His research focuses on ecological economics, alternative paradigms for society, and the problems of indigenous societies, with whom he collaborates in creating … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ David Barkin
Lançamento do livro “O Eclipse do Progressismo”
A América Latina atravessa hoje um período de impasses e grandes turbulências, em parte pela dinâmica interna de seus países, mas em parte como consequência de sua forma particular de inserção no mercado mundial e na cadeia de dominação global capitalista. A região conheceu, nos anos dourados da globalização neoliberal, entre 1999 e 2008, um ciclo de governos progressistas, que chegaram à frente dos seus … Continue reading Lançamento do livro “O Eclipse do Progressismo”
Alternativas Sistémicas en el FSM 2018
Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Adrian Beling
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018 ] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Adrian Beling is an Associate Researcher in the Global Studies Programme at the Latin American Social Sciences Institute (FLACSO) in Argentina and a founding member of the Editorial Board of the academic blog and peer-reviewed journal Alternautas. His research interests include global environmental change and societal transformations, epistemologies … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien/ Adrian Beling
Roundtable on Vivir Bien: Ana Estefanía Carballo
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018 ] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Ana Estefanía Carballo is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne and a founder of the academic blog and peer-reviewed journal Alternautas. Her research focuses on Latin American development theory, indigenous epistemologies, environmental ethics, and social movements and environmental conflicts … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien: Ana Estefanía Carballo
Roundtable on Vivir Bien: Eduardo Gudynas
[GREAT TRASNSITION INITIATIVE/ FEBRERO DEL 2018 ] An exchange on Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms Eduardo Gudynas is a senior researcher at the Latin American Center on Social Ecology (CLAES). His work focuses on the environment and alternatives to development, and he is involved with various social movements seeking to advance such alternatives I would like to start by acknowledging that Vivir Bien, … Continue reading Roundtable on Vivir Bien: Eduardo Gudynas
Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms
[Pablo Solón, February 2018, published originally in Great Transition Initiative] The concept of Vivir Bien (or Buen Vivir) gained international attention in the late twentieth century as people searched for alternatives to the rampage of neoliberalism. Imperfect translations of the Andean concepts of suma qamaña and sumaq kawsay, Vivir Bien and Buen Vivir reflect an indigenous cosmovision that emphasizes living in harmony with nature and one … Continue reading Vivir Bien: Old Cosmovisions and New Paradigms
China is investing seriously in Latin America. Should you worry?
[ STEPHEN KAPLANTHE /WASHINGTON POST /24 DE ENERO] This past week, China held its second ministerial meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile. There China announced plans to have the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its flagship economic and development program, invest in Latin America. During the past decade, Chinese policy banks, charged by the government to finance infrastructure … Continue reading China is investing seriously in Latin America. Should you worry?
Open Letter to the AIIB Board of Governors
[NGO FORUM ON ADB/HOLDING ADB ACCOUNTABLE SINCE 1992] We – grassroots movements, non-government organizations and civil society networks from Asian countries and the rest of the world welcome the fact that we were invited to submit our proposals and concerns during the process of drafting the Energy Sector Strategy of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB). We note that a number of these proposals … Continue reading Open Letter to the AIIB Board of Governors
Atención: La ruta de la seda china está cada vez más cerca de América Latina
[PAULINA GARZON(IISCAL)/CDES/7 DE SEPTIEMBRE DEL 2017] En el 2013 China anunció el plan más ambicioso de inter-conectividad transfronteriza en la historia de la humanidad: “La Ruta de la Seda y el Cinturón Económico, y la Ruta de la Seda Marítima del Siglo XXI”, hoy más conocido como la iniciativa: “Un Cinturón un Camino” (UCUC), un pilar fundamental de la estrategia china “going global”. Según el … Continue reading Atención: La ruta de la seda china está cada vez más cerca de América Latina
La influencia de China en la economía de América Latina
[JERONIMO GIORGIO / LATINOAMERICA 21/ PAGINA SIETE /28 DE ENERO DEL 2018] El peso de la economía asiática aumenta en nuestros países. En algunos países, los negocios con el gigante chino aumentan su presencia en los PIB. En las últimas décadas, el peso de China en la expansión de la economía mundial no ha parado de crecer, y se ha acentuado aún más tras la … Continue reading La influencia de China en la economía de América Latina
Los derechos de la naturaleza en la jurisprudencia constitucional ecuatoriana
[LLM FRANCISCO JOSE BUSTAMANTE ROMO LEROUX/ OBSERVATORIO JUSTICIA CONSTITUCIONAL] Resumen: Los derechos de la naturaleza, ha sido un tema sobre el cual se han generado una serie de críticas especialmente dirigidas a la eficacia de los mismos. Al no existir normas infra constitucionales que desarrollen estos derechos, la jurisprudencia juega un papel trascendental en la definición del núcleo de los derechos. En este sentido, se … Continue reading Los derechos de la naturaleza en la jurisprudencia constitucional ecuatoriana
La reelección indefinida, una traición a la democracia
[ALBERTO ACOSTA – JOHN CAJAS HUIJARRO /MOVILIZACION/ 17 ENERO DEL 2018] “Nada es tan peligroso como dejar permanecer largo tiempo a un mismo ciudadano en el poder. El pueblo se acostumbra a obedecerle y él se acostumbra a mandarlo; de donde se origina la usurpación y la tiranía”. Simón Bolívar Congreso de Angustura, 1819 En una sociedad que aspire a respetar el poder popular, … Continue reading La reelección indefinida, una traición a la democracia
Commons in the Time of Monsters
[ THE COMMONS TRANSITION PRIMER.] The Commons is maturing politically, its methods and principles becoming more visible and its participants winning municipal elections in a variety of European cities. How did this happen, and what happens next? First, a look at our present political context, and then some observations on the birth and trajectory of this new wave of commons politics. An article by Stacco Troncoso … Continue reading Commons in the Time of Monsters
Animation: To change the system we need systemic alternatives
This two-minute animation is based on the premise that we are facing a systemic crises and that we need systemic alternatives to capitalism, productivism, extractivism, patriarchy, plutocracy and anthropocentrism. Continue reading Animation: To change the system we need systemic alternatives
Cuestiones de política económica para gobiernos de izquierda
[GUSTAVO CODAS / IADE – RE (INSTITUTO ARGENTINO PARA EL DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO)] Este texto forma parte del libro América Latina. Huellas y retos del ciclo progresista, publicado recientemente por la Editorial Sudestada. Con autorización de su autor, reproducimos el material que propone una “aproximación crítica” y un “balance de las políticas económicas implementadas” en la región. Este texto ha sido publicado con autorizacion del autor. En … Continue reading Cuestiones de política económica para gobiernos de izquierda
EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
[ Sue Branford on 18 December 2017] The EU-Mercosur trade deal, being concluded this month by the European Union and the South American trade bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) is being negotiated in secret. However, part of the document has been leaked to Greenpeace, alarming environmentalists. The leaked secret trade documents show that the accord would encourage the export of high-value goods, like automobiles, from … Continue reading EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
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