On September 20, 2001, Enakunthala Ravi died at MGM Hospital in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, India. He did not die from cancer, old age, or any prolonged sickness. Ravi was a migrant cotton farm worker in the village of Akkampeta, and he died a day after spraying the toxic pesticide methyl parathion, also known as Metacid, for just one hour.
The Machiguenga people of Peru share the Urubamba River basin with the Nahua, Yine, Kugapakori, and other indigenous peoples. They also now share their lands with a consortium of companies that have arrived to extract natural gas and build the Camisea Pipeline, which will carry natural gas across some of the most remote, sensitive, and biologically rich lands in Peru.
Vitae Civilis grantee Guapiruvú Neighborhood Association (AGUA) and stimulates sustainable economic growth in São Paulo’s poorest region.
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