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Thomas Mc Donagh is a researcher at the Democracy Center, a research and campaigning organization based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is joint author of the 2014 report Corporate Conquistadors: The Many Ways that Multinationals both Drive and Profit from Climate Destruction. Follow him: @TmcDIrl

Thomas Mc Donagh es investigador en el Democracy Center una organización de investigación con base en Cochabamba, Bolivia. Es co-autor del informe Conquistadores Corporativos: Las Diferentes Formas en que las Multinacionales Generan y se Benefician de las Crisis Climática, publicado en 2014. Síguelo en Tweeter: @TmcDIrl

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Criminalización extrema de comunidades indígenas Aymaras en Perú

Thomas Mc Donagh and Aldo Orellana López 11 July 2018

Los jueces de la Corte Suprema de Perú decidirán el destino del vocero indígena y candidato Walter Aduviri, sentenciado a prisión por su rol en las protestas sociales de 2011. English

Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru

Thomas Mc Donagh and Aldo Orellana López 11 July 2018

In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court in Peru will decide the fate of Walter Aduviri, an indigenous spokesperson and aspiring politician for the local elections, convicted for his role in the 2011 Puno protests. Español

Disidencia reprimida: Cómo una multinacional italiana está persiguiendo a defensores ambientales en Colombia

Philippa de Boissière and Thomas Mc Donagh 23 January 2017

Las prácticas de una multinacional italiana en Huila, Colombia, ejemplifican cómo se utiliza cada vez más la criminalización de los activistas para acabar con la disidencia y la participación democrática real. English

Damming dissent: how an Italian multinational is persecuting environmental defenders In Colombia

Thomas Mc Donagh and Philippa de Boissière 23 January 2017

The practices of an Italian multinational in Huila, Colombia, exemplify how the criminalization of activists is increasingly used to end dissent and real democratic participation in Latin America. Español