When we wrote about some of the violence happening in Bagua, Peru, we were clear that the neolibleral economic policies that have been choking Latin American countries and their communities were at the heart. It the struggle over control of land and life, anyone who is seen as a threat is targeted, even children.

“I was watching the helicopter….I saw it…I was scared…the bullet hit me here…when it came there was nothing…that’s what it seemed like…there was nothing….it came like this….it hit me here…..there was a lot of blood….some of my blood was on a woman…a bit of my blood was on her….I’m scared that they fired…I don’t want them to shoot at me…because I don’t want to suffer….for my mother…”

Via / Inca Kola News