Images from that time show how the risks of a still raging pandemic did not deter demonstrators. Some marched. Others kneeled. Many referenced Floyd’s final words: “I can’t breathe.” His face and “Black Lives Matter” became avatars on signs, streets and public buildings.
Fisher Aaron Laguna Ipuana tries to turn the boat in Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Fisher Aaron Laguna Ipuana tries to turn the boat in Cabo de la Vela, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
The Apalanchii use traditional fishing techniques, with nets, hooks and sometimes spearfishing. It is not only a means of sustenance but also a culturally important activity which they say ties them to their ancestors and the land.“We are really worried about the offshore wind farms,” said fisherman Aaron Laguna Ipuana, 57, during an early morning fishing trip in Cabo de la Vela with his crew. “They’re going to displace us and the sea is everything to us. It sustains us.”Mercado says the government needs to do more to ensure Wayuu people are involved.
“We are concerned that these projects continue and that the government is letting them go ahead, without even coming to say what is going to happen and what is in the interest of the Wayuu people,” said Mercado.“The Wayuu defend their territory with blood and death, if necessary,” he said.
Fishermen weave a net to fish in Manaure, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Fishermen weave a net to fish in Manaure, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)on steel and aluminum to 50% layered on still more worries for investors.
for issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas.A report over the weekend that
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