In Episode 73 [13] of the CounterVortex podcast [14], Bill Weinberg interviews Thomas Moore [15], anthropologist, advocate for indigenous cultural survival, and author of the newly released book, Madre de Dios: Refugio de Pueblos Originarios [16]. The remote rainforest region of Madre de Dios in Peru's southern Amazon is a last refuge for isolated indigenous peoples [17], but is now massively threatened [18] by mining, timber and other resource interests that operate in a semi-legal gray zone in a nexus with criminal networks. Peru has made some progress in complying with international norms [19] on protection of isolated peoples, but these advances stand to be dramatically reversed if far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori comes to power in the pending run-off election [20]. Listen on SoundCloud [13] or via Patreon [21].
Production by Chris Rywalt [24]
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