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Community Currencies Offer Refuge from Economic Forces

Posted on 27 December 2010 by editor

Market in Espinal where the túmin community currency is used. Credit:Courtesy of Intercultural University of Veracruz

By Emilio Godoy

MEXICO CITY, Dec 21, 2010 (IPS) – Túmin, which means “money” in the Totonaca indigenous language, is a community currency now circulating among 80 vendors selling their products at an alternative market in the town of Espinal, in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz.
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Tags: CICA, CIMA, Clean Development Mechanism, COICA, Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin, Costa Rica, ECMIA, IIWF, Indigenous Council of Central America, indigenous peoples, Indigenous Women's Biodiversity Network, Intercultural Indigenous University, International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests, International Indigenous Women's Forum, IWBN, Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change, Meso-American Indigenous Council, NGO, SAN JOSÉ, South American region of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women, UII, UN-REDD

Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms

Posted on 02 April 2010 by admin

Native farmers in Cuzco. Credit: Milagros Salazar/IPS

By Daniel Zueras

SAN JOSÉ, Apr 1, 2010 (IPS) – Solutions to global warming based on the logic of the market are a threat to the rights and way of life of indigenous peoples, the Latin American Indigenous Forum on Climate Change concluded this week in Costa Rica. Continue Reading

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