The indigenous pulse in Brasilia: CLACSO from the Free Land Camp
On Wednesday, April 8, InfoCLACSO will be live on the YouTube channel and the Facebook and LinkedIn profiles.
-Special report from Brasilia
-Meeting of Shared Knowledge and Experiences
CLACSO and the International Development Research Center (IDRC) Canada / International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC), jointly organize the “Meeting of Shared Knowledge and Experiences"in Brasilia from April 5 to 9, to consolidate a space for dialogue between public managers, academic researchers and representatives of social movements in search of strengthening family farming and agrarian development policies in the region.
-Free Land Camp
CLACSO is present in the Free Land Camp (ATL) 2026, Brazil's largest indigenous mobilization, is taking place in Brasilia until April 11. There, thousands of representatives of native peoples are demanding the demarcation of their ancestral lands, protesting against mining in their territories, and defending their constitutional rights under the slogan "Our future is not for sale: we are the answer."
Interviews:
-Jakelin Curaqueo MarianoIntercultural educator, member of the Center for Studies and Research “Mapuche History Community” of Chile
-Amado RamosRepresentative of the Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Culture “The Jaguar's Steps,” Network of Territories of Life of El Salvador, and MOVIAC, Movement of Victims and Those Affected by Climate Change and Corporations
-Markus GottsbacherInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada / International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC)
-Taira Edilma Stanley Icaza, Institute of National Studies, University of Panama, CLACSO Working Group “Indigenous Peoples and Epistemic-Territorial Disputes” (Panama)
-Gloria Amézquita PuntielAcademic Director of CLACSO
The program for Wednesday, April 1st, covers two of the main themes of the Platforms for Social Dialogue which CLACSO is promoting for the coming years: “Democracies in dispute: horizons, resistances and the construction of alternatives from the public and the common” and “Just transitions and sovereignties in dispute: towards sustainable and inclusive futures from the Global South”.
She drives: Gustavo LemaDirector of Communication and Information at CLACSO
Directed and edited by: Guido Fontán
Production: Eric Domergue and Noelia Croci
Design and programming: Sebastián Higa, Christian Iturricha and Renata Maestrovicente
Open to the addresses of the Executive Secretariat and the members of the Steering Committee of CLACSO to disseminate activities and topics specific to each country, this communication channel is also a space to analyze and deepen the Platforms for Social Dialogue (PDS) that CLACSO promotes for the coming years, to interview researchers, and for everything that makes up the life and production of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences.
