Posts tagged as: South America

Access to a tomb

A team of Mexican archaeologists have gained access for the first time, to a tomb of about 1,500 years old that may contain the remains of an early Maya rulers, Kuk Bahlam I, as reported in the Mexican press. The burial chamber was discovered thirteen years ago in Palenque, in the State of Chiapas (southern […]

The people of Suhar – Part 3

The process of reducing Suhar heads involved in a first instance, to separate the head from the body and perform a cut in a "V" on the back of the skull. This cut, highly specialized, allowed to remove all facial skin and literally skinning the head.  It was important to be fast so that the spirit […]

The people of Suhar – Part 2

In battle, the warriors of the tribe took away the enemy’s head and then reduced to the spirit of the latter could not come back and take revenge on the person responsible for his death.But then, for religious purposes, members reduced Suhar head of the wisest of the group in order to keep their knowledge […]

The people of Suhar – Part 1

The indigenous people of Suhar is popularly known as the Jivaro and although it is not known how long but until today, the Suhar inhabit an important region of the Amazon. More precisely, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, mainly in Ecuador and Peru. Were designated by the Spanish conquistadors Jíbaros the time of the conquest, however, the real […]

Slaves in the Amazon – Part 3

This article is a continuation of ‘Slaves in the Amazon – Part 2’. Valdimar do Nascimento is 29 and recently fled the farm where he worked. This man Marabá account that the accumulated debt to his employer cut his salary 56 euros a month for spraying fields from sunrise to sunset. Prolonged contact with the […]

Slaves in the Amazon – Part 2

This article is a continuation of ‘Slaves in the Amazon – Part 1’. It seems that these threats do not frighten many entrepreneurs, who continue to resort to lies to recruit workers from other regions. "In recent years Brazil has improved somewhat, but efforts are being made are still insufficient," says Sakamoto. Among the major […]

Slaves in the Amazon – Part 1

Thousands of people are exploited by powerful Brazilian agricultural entrepreneurs. Inspections and blacklist abusers fail to address the phenomenon. The rise of agrarian conflict afflicting the Brazilian Amazon has once again laid bare the social divide that persists in this region. Few powerful concentrate large tracts of land and benefit from their wealth, often causing […]

Volcano ash in Chile creates problems for flights traveling in and out of Uruguay

Volcano ash in Chile creates problems for flights traveling in and out of Uruguay  It has been reported that a volcano in Chile has caused flight delays and cancelations on Saturday. The flights which have been delayed were to fly out of Uruguay. The air travellers had to go through a week of frustration as […]

Tapping trees – a genuine way to collect natural rubber all around the world

Tapping trees – a genuine way to collect natural rubber all around the world The Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Mayans and the Aztecs, first tapped rubber from one of several trees found in Central and South America: Hevea braziliensis: the most common commercial rubber tree from Brazil. Hevea guyanensis: originally found in French Guyana. […]

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