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Francis strongly sides with indigenous peoples and calls the Amazon, God's “holy ground”
From deep in the Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded on Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God's “holy ground,” and called on governments to recognize the indigenous peoples living there as the primary forces in determining its future. Read full article
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Jan 20th, 2018 - 08:51 am - Link - Report abuse -3This cat is certifiable.
The Pope is a religious leader, of course he's going to talk about god.
Jan 20th, 2018 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +2He sounds remarkably sensible, it's quite a change to have a pope who wants to solve problems rather than just tell people they are living their lives wrong.
Dumbass, there's already been a universal plebiscite on Communism!
Jan 20th, 2018 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse -3It doesn't work!
Chronic, wanting rights to their land so they can benefit from its resources is the exact opposite of communism.
Jan 20th, 2018 - 05:57 pm - Link - Report abuse +3Brilliant advocacy from Francis - and a (tragically) appropriate name, Puerto Maldonado...
Jan 21st, 2018 - 10:01 am - Link - Report abuse +1Well said by Francisco: greed is destroying one of the last areas of our planet where nature and human beings still coexist in a harmonic way.
Jan 21st, 2018 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +2In the same way many still argue that “we can't do otherwise” but keep pillaging our planet natural resources, many were saying we could not do without the CFC gas in aerosols...until de destruction of the ozone layer and its consequences became apparent.
Why can't humans understand the collective suicide we are committing in the name of an irrational appropriation system that doesn't know where to stop is one of those puzzles still awaiting resolution--before is too late.
I went through Puerto Maldonado and about 50km into the rainforest to a jungle camp on an Amazon tributory. Never saw any Indians? We did visit a farmer living alone with 30 hectares producing things he sold to the camps. The government will give you land to farm free in that area. Its pretty remote. They did talk about the mercury pollution.
Jan 22nd, 2018 - 04:04 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Its all very well sitting in a comfy place like Rome or Calgary bellyaching about it but whats the solution?
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