Boy with placard leads the banner noting 517 years of resistance since Columbus in London Mobilisation for Mother Earth
Protesters met in London today as a part of an international day in support of the struggles of Latin American native people and to protest against the increasing threat of agro-fuels both to them and, through global warming to the planet as a whole. The protest was a part of a Global Mobilisation for Mother Earth called on the anniversary of Columbus landing on Abya Yala (the Americas), 517 years ago by the Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indigenas (CAOI). In London the action supporting the 'Minga'- the collective mobilisation of people from along the Andes - Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru - marching together in their refusal to accept the destruction of their land was organised by the Coordinadora Latino-Americana which unites a number of Latin American solidarity groups here. It was in particular directed against the European Union's Free Trade agreements with Latin American countries which will allow multinational companies to exploit resources on favourable terms, with deals by Colombia and Peru that will destroy the ancestral territorial rights or indigenous peoples and also isolate the more progressive governments in the area, but at each of the embassies it called at there were also specific demands related to the situation in each country.
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