Wars of the interior, Joseph Zárate ; translated from the Spanish by Annie McDermott
Type
Label
Wars of the interior, Joseph Zárate ; translated from the Spanish by Annie McDermott
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Wars of the interior
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Joseph Zárate ; translated from the Spanish by Annie McDermott
Summary
A searing account of the struggle between the indigenous people of the Amazon and hungry global industries of gold, wood and oil. When you fill up your car, install your furniture or choose a wedding ring, do you ever consider the human cost of your consumables? There is a war raging in the heartlands of Peru, waged on the land by the global industries plundering the Amazon and the Andes. In Saweto, charismatic activist Edwin Chota returns to his ashaninka roots, only to find that his people can't hunt for food because the animals have fled the rainforest to escape the chainsaw cacophony of illegal logging. Farmer Maxima Acuna is trying to grow potatoes and catch fish on the land she bought from her uncle - but she's sitting on top of a gold mine, and the miners will do anything to prove she's occupying her home illegally. The awajun community of the northern Amazon drink water contaminated with oil; child labourer Osman Cunachi's becomes internationally famous when a photo of him drenched in petrol as part of the clean-up efforts makes it way around the world. Joseph Zarate's stunning work of documentary takes three of Peru's most precious resources - gold, wood and oil - and exposes the tragedy, violence and corruption tangled up in their extraction. But he also draws us in to the rich, surprising world of Peru's indigenous communities, of local heroes and singular activists, of ancient customs and passionate young environmentalists. Wars of the Interior is a deep insight into the cultures alive in the vanishing Amazon, and a forceful, shocking expose of the industries destroying this land
Target audience
adult
Classification
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Indians of South America + Government relations
- Mineral industries + Social aspects -- Peru
- Petroleum industry and trade + Social aspects -- Peru
- Forest products industry + Environmental aspects -- Peru
- Forest products industry + Social aspects -- Peru
- Social conflict -- Peru
- Indians of South America + Land tenure -- Peru
- Mineral industries + Environmental aspects -- Peru
- Indians of South America + Legal status, laws, etc -- Peru
- Petroleum industry and trade + Environmental aspects -- Peru
Content
Author
Translator
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- Indians of South America + Government relations
- Mineral industries + Social aspects -- Peru
- Petroleum industry and trade + Social aspects -- Peru
- Forest products industry + Environmental aspects -- Peru
- Forest products industry + Social aspects -- Peru
- Social conflict -- Peru
- Indians of South America + Land tenure -- Peru
- Mineral industries + Environmental aspects -- Peru
- Indians of South America + Legal status, laws, etc -- Peru
- Petroleum industry and trade + Environmental aspects -- Peru
- Content1
- Author1
- Translator1