Source: Haiti Relief and Reconstruction Watch At the United Nations Security Council meeting last week, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power did not mince words regarding who was to blame for Haiti’s electoral impasse. […]
Plans are afoot to abolish a reserve for vulnerable indigenous peoples in Peru’s Amazon in order to exploit massive gas deposits and facilitate Christian evangelization, according to a report by Lima-based NGO Perú Equidad – Center for Public Policies and Human Rights. Established in 1990, what is now called the Kugapakori-Nahua-Nanti and Others’ Reserve (KNNOR), is officially intended to protect the lives and territories of indigenous peoples living in what Peruvian law calls “isolation” and “initial contact.”
Source: Telesur English Four indigenous leaders were killed in September whilst protecting their lands from loggers. On Monday, what is believed to be the skull of Jorge Ríos, perforated by a bullet, was found in […]
A multilateral arbitration panel in Washington, DC began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. […]
“The government has declared us terrorists, but we’re not the terrorists,” said Telma Cabrera, a Committee for Campesino Development representative. “When they (the government) responds to the demands of the people, they respond with violence. And what peace is there when the government responds with violence?”
Source: Latinamerican Press Surveys indicate that the governing Frente Amplio and right-wing National Party would vie for the presidency in a second round. On October 26 Uruguayans will vote for a new president and choose […]
Source: Latin America Bureau Scientists in Brazil believe the loss of billions of litres of water released as vapour clouds by Amazon rainforest trees is the result of continuing deforestation and climate change – leading […]
Source: teleSUR The top U.S. immigration court ruled last month that women from other countries fleeing domestic violence and fearing for their lives can now legally seek asylum in the United States. The Board of […]
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