| Summary: | The Latin American (Amerindian) indigenous peoples, not only Amazonian, were probably never on the verge of extermination as at present, due to great international economic powers and interests that threaten the territory itself: the indiscriminate felling of trees, pollution of rivers, lakes and affluents, indiscriminate use of agrotoxic, oil spills, legal and illegal mining, neo-extractivism, monocultures, mafia networks and drug trafficking, trafficking and trafficking of people (mostly women), child prostitution, among others. Faced with this situation, indigenous communities, together with other peoples, raise their voices, organize and fight to defend their territorial living spaces. In this fight of David against Goliath, Christian communities and Amerindian theologies, faithful to their cultural and evangelical roots, accompany the process by re-weaving their own memories, ancestral wisdoms and millenary spiritualities with the experiences lived by the first Christian communities. In this process, indigenous theologies rediscover the perennial presence of the Holy Spirit, which has always accompanied, encouraged and pushed believers to put into practice the “good living” among all the peoples of the earth. Los pueblos indígenas latinoamericanos (amerindios), no sólo amazónicos, probablemente nunca estuvieron al borde del exterminio como en la actualidad, debido a grandes poderes e intereses económicos internacionales que amenazan el propio territorio: la tala indiscriminada de árboles, contaminación de ríos, lagos y afluentes, uso indiscriminado de agro-tóxicos, derrames petroleros, minería legal e ilegal, neo-extractivis- mo, monocultivos, redes de mafias y narcotrafico, trata y tráfico de personas (en su mayoria mujeres), prostitucion infantil, entre otros. Ante tal situación, las comunidades indígenas, junto a otros pueblos, levantan sus voces, se organizan y luchan por defender sus espacios de vida territoriales. En esta lucha de David contra Goliat, las comunidades cristianas y las teologías ...
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