While in Ucayali to sign a forest conservation declaration, Lisa Kenna, the US Ambassador to Peru, praises the palm oil company responsible for most deforestation in the region
While in Ucayali to sign a forest conservation declaration, Lisa Kenna, the US Ambassador to Peru, praises the palm oil company responsible for most deforestation in the region
The Ocho Sur Group operates oil palm plantations in Peru on land that is part of the ancestral territory of the Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya and the Shipibo-Konibo people. In 2019, Ojo-Público reported that, “The illegal appropriation of land has turned Ucayali into one of the most violent regions with the most forest loss.” The parent company, Peruvian Palm Holdings is
For shame! However, what else would you expect from a representative from a capitalist nation? Business and Government are the two entities which endure, unlike the little mortal people whose life is but a flicker of a candle. The dialectic of Capitalism involves the notion that we are both beneficiaries and victims of The System. And what better outcome than to push most of the victimhood onto the poorest peoples in the world. Of course there are better ways to run the world than this.
For shame! However, what else would you expect from a representative from a capitalist nation? Business and Government are the two entities which endure, unlike the little mortal people whose life is but a flicker of a candle. The dialectic of Capitalism involves the notion that we are both beneficiaries and victims of The System. And what better outcome than to push most of the victimhood onto the poorest peoples in the world. Of course there are better ways to run the world than this.