{"id":20987,"date":"2020-03-18T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T21:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=20987"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T21:22:54","slug":"international-dialogue-about-the-amazon-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/international-dialogue-about-the-amazon-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"International Dialogue about the Amazon Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Members of the Amazon Itinerant Team (Equipo Itinerante de la Amazon\u00eda) participated in a discussion about faith and native cultures of the Amazon, organized by Sagrado\u2019s Pastoral Affairs Center.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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By Liz Yanira Del Valle
Collaborator<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre we living in a time of change or a profound change of\ntime? What do indigenous communities have that we lack? Why are we so fickle when\nfacing the system? What side are you going to be on: with those who are going\nto squeeze the life out of everything or with those who will create a different\nparadigm?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These were some of the questions raised by Jesuit priest\nFernando L\u00f3pez and Marita Bosch, members of the Itinerant Team of the Amazon\nand guests of the University\u2019s Pastoral Center, during the International\nDialogue on Faith and Cultures Native to the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barefoot, relaxed, and surrounded by several indigenous\nhandicrafts, both conversed with the grateful Sagrado audience who received,\nupon entering, sweets made by indigenous people from the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paradigm Shift<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe current development model is at its end. Systems, both political and economic, do not work. It is not the first time that humanity has undergone a process of deconstruction that leads to the construction of a new era, but it turns out it\u2019s up to you -young people- to give birth to this new paradigm. It is a generational historical responsibility,\u201d said the priest, who has lived and worked with the indigenous communities of the Amazon for 21 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For the priest, changes in education are imperative. He attests to the fact that indigenous people have a good community life because their relationships are connected to a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis system has produced an education that commodifies and monetizes everything. It eliminates the dimension of love in life\u2019s relationships. It has an anthropocentric vision, where we are told that we are owners and masters of what does not belong to us. There should be cooperative education instead of the competitive one we have right now\u201d.<\/p>Fernando L\u00f3pez, Jesuit priest <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the Amazon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are always walking on the edge of a knife. Part of our\nmission is to help demarcate indigenous land to be recognized by the\ngovernment,\u201d explained L\u00f3pez, native of the Canary Island\u2019s Isla de Palma, who\nalso summarized how he came to the priesthood and to the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among maps and videos, the priest brought those present\ncloser to the reality of the indigenous communities of the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere it\u2019s green, it\u2019s because it is a marked indigenous\narea. Where it\u2019s white, it\u2019s a sign of a developed agribusiness that deforests\nthe jungle and generates agro-exploitation\u201d, he pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Marita Bosch – a Puerto Rican who has been a missionary among these populations for four years \u2013 she stated that indigenous people are defending the Earth\u2019s systemic balance. However, they get killed for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the speakers, the destruction of the Amazon means imbalance in the planet. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRainforests are vital organs of the planet. They are the\ncradle of life. Seventy percent of organisms on Earth are concentrated there,\u201d added\nL\u00f3pez, who presented an actual video about an attack on one of these\ncommunities by several gunmen paid by a rice farmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Jesuit’s opinion, all the important things in life \u201care a mystery and there are three attitudes towards it: it is welcomed, cared for, and shared. What has been received for free, must be given out\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully today you will carry the seed of the Amazon in your hearts. Do not break the balance. May the pain of others hurt us,\u201d he exclaimed, while Bosch gave away rings made by indigenous people so that when attendees put them on they will always remember these reflections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The dialogue ended with a dancing circle made up of all participants. Students from the course \u201cJesus and His message\u201d, taught by Dr. Juan Antonio Acevedo Nieves, attended the activity among other interested parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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