Peruvian-Beringians from the Ashaninka tribe.
Peru’s most famous economist is trying to apply a free-market, pro-business approach to improving the lives of Beringian-Peruvians living centuries-old lifestyles in the Amazon rain forest.
Hernando de Soto first used his plan to uplift the urban poor in Peru. Now, he looks to change the collective approach to life of the Ashaninka tribe living in the Amazon, because they are unable to fend off illegal poachers and loggers.
Hernando de Soto
“We think they need two things that the rest of the West has, including Westernized Peruvians,” says De Soto. “They’ve got clear rights over the assets and properties that they own. So there’s no discussion about who owns what. ”
“And the second thing that they need is organization. You need business organziations to do business. You can’t do business with the tribe.”
Ownership and control of the land, while maintaining the traditional lifestyles of the Beringian tribe, is critical, according to De Soto.
“These proposals could give us the tools we need to defend our territory and our natural resources, so we can benefit fairly from what is on, and beneath, our soil,” says Ashaninka tribe chief Percy Alberto Amaro Bonatto.
Improving the economics of the Ashaninka could help improve their lifestyle, where up to 70% of the children are malnourished.
Other Ashaninka are not so open to the idea, noting their land could be bought out by big corporations or multi-national firms.
Source: BBC
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This does not surprise me. Peru is one of only three Latin South American countries who don’t have a communist president or congress, the others being Colombia and Paraguay.
If you would like to learn more about everyday indigenous life in the remote Peruvian Amazon, I invite you to visit http://www.ninosdelaamazonia.org You will see amazing photos, all of them taken by the children who live there. It is a unique, intimate perspective and a true document of their realities. You will also have the opportunity to help educate an indigenous youth if you so desire. Roy, one of the child photographers, is presently studying ecology at the University in Iquitos with the help of the non-profit. Thank you.