Category: Andes
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: 2 Dead After Flooding in Peru
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. They […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: Torrential Rain Kills 25 in Bolivia
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. They […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: Bolivia Launches New Public Healthcare Program Amid Strikes
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. They […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: Ex-Officers Arrested in Killing of Marielle Franco, Brazilian Politician and Activist
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. They […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: Ancient Four-Legged Whale found in Peru
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. They […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: After Assange Arrest in London, Ecuador’s Moreno Calls Him a ‘Spoiled Brat’
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. […] Read More >
April 17, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Quechua Translation: Facing Arrest, Peruvian Ex-President Alan García Kills Himself
RUNASIMIPI: Quechua, an Andean language, is the most commonly spoken Indigenous language in the Americas, with thousands of speakers. Quechua is not actually called “Quechua” by speakers of the language. […] Read More >
March 27, 2019 > Gabriela Barzallo
‘Todos Somos Martha’: Ecuadorians Protest Gender Violence, Femicide and Xenophobia
QUITO — For two days in January, thousands of people mobilized on the main avenues of Quito, Guayaquil and several other cities in Ecuador, protesting sexual violence, femicide and xenophobia. […] Read More >
March 13, 2019 > Alvaro Céspedes
A 30-Year Quest for Justice in Peru
This article was also published in Spanish in Gatopardo. Read it here. Raquel Martin sits on the couch in her apartment in Märsta, a suburb 40 miles north of Stockholm, […] Read More >
March 12, 2019 > Staff
‘Birds of Passage’ Film Review: Indigenous Communities Rewrite the Drug War
This article, by Jacquelyn Kovarik and Aimar Arizmendi, was originally published in NACLA. Read the original article here. At first glance, “Birds of Passage” (“Pájaros de Verano”) promises a tale […] Read More >