This book analyses the war against drugs violence in streets schools and families and mining
conflicts in Latin America. It examines the nonviolent negotiations human rights
peacebuilding and education explores security in cyberspace and proposes to overcome
xenophobia white supremacy sexism and homophobia where social inequality increases
injustice and violence. During the past 40 years of the Latin American Council for Peace
Research (CLAIP) regional conditions have worsened. Environmental justice was crucial in the
recent peace process in Colombia but also in other countries where indigenous people are
losing their livelihood and identity. Since the end of the cold war capitalism aggravated the
life conditions of poor people. The neoliberal dismantling of the State reduced their rights
and wellbeing in favour of enterprises. Youth are not only the most exposed to violence but
represent also the future for a different management of human relations and nature.