Artwork to Save the Amazon, Stand with the Peruvians, and Speak Out Against the Neoliberals & the devastation they bring to our planet!

Yesterday I wrote about the situation in Peru. Today I created posters for all of you to show your support! Thanks to Carlos for his help on the posters. Take these with you to the protests at the US Embassy, post them on your windows, and share far and wide! Contact me if you want larger files than what we have here - favianna [at] favianna.com

For information and up to date information, visit Peruanista.Blogspot.com who has been blogging since the very morning of the attacks on Friday, June 5. There you can find resources for people to contact in Peru and U.S. authorities, as well as the UN.

Poster available for download here on Favianna.com & Peruanista.com
Photo Credit: Independent Journalist of CATAPA courtesy of Amazon Watch
Special Thanks to Carlos A. Quiroz, Fidel Dolorier & Jaguar Rokoto

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Comments

[Melissa Roth]

Fantastic!

[Heather Day]

THANK YOU, these are very powerful. We will be using them in a protest at the Consulate in Seattle today!
http://www.seattleglobaljustice.org/

[Peruanista]

Thank you Favianna for this work. I contacted the photographers (Thomas Quirynen and Marijke Deleu) and they are delighted to see their work being presented this way! They say thank you. I interviewed Marijke today and I posted the video in my blog Peruanista.

[Abel E. Fernandez, from Lima Peru]

Hi Favianna, I have read your article and viewed your posters. Many things have developed here in Peru and now there is a process of 'starting all over' among the government. The Congress upon request from the Prime Minister (Yehude Simone) has approved the 'derogatory' of the laws that were criticized and considered unconstitutional by our native indigenous people from Bagua and other Amazonic regions. The government has called a comission to evaluate the situation, the laws related to the Amazonic region and to evaluate ways to improve the access of our native people to education, health and jobs. Memmbers of this commission include the apus (kind of mayor of the 'ethnias' or communities), congressmen, members of the executive branch, the regional governors, mayors, the ombudsman (done a good job!), the church and several antrophologists. The government has accepted that the outcome of this discussions will be the frame upon which new legislation and projects will be created within weeks. Maybe your posters should now reflect the new situation and/or promote a transparent and socially just work expected from this Commission. I know that the US government has been informed about this since the laws in question were enacted as part of the FTA process between Peru and the U.S. (BTW, you are quite a good artist!!!)

[eduardo]

lo que has hecho aqui es muy bueno, aunque es increible como las cosas no se saben, y despues de un crimen de lesa humanidad como este, el gobierno sea capas de tratar de encubrir estos hechos. Me asusta que algo como esto vaya a quedar impune, y es probable que asi sea, los intereses economicos sobre esa region son mucho mas imporatantes que algunos indigenas....triste, muy triste, yo estube en lima duarante esa epoca, y en la capital, la dibulgacion de lo sucedido fue prpagandista, tratando a los aborigenes como terroristas "subersivos" (palabra muy fuerte utilazado en las dictaduras latinas para designar a personas en contra del gobierno). Muy muy triste, ojala alguna vez se haga justicia!!!!!!!!!!!!