A note on the following article from Adrienne Pine via Quotha.net: “I haven’t met her personally, but I’m a huge fan of Thelma Mejía’s. She has been bravely reporting dangerous truths for far longer than […]
Source: Survival International A man has been sentenced to jail in Brazil for racism against indigenous people, having described them as ‘vagrants’ and ‘tramps’ in a newspaper article. The article says of indigenous people, including […]
Source: The Guardian A Brazilian judge has ordered construction to be suspended on a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. In his ruling, Judge Carlos Castro Martins said that all working on the Belo Monte […]
Source: The Andean Information Network September 26, 2011 On September 25 at 5 pm, approximately 500 Bolivian police officers tear-gassed and used excessive force against camping indigenous protestors outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department. At […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Last Sunday federal police brutally repressed lowland indigenous marchers protesting the TIPNIS highway. The move has sparked widespread public outrage in Bolivia, while the response from the government of […]
Source: Amnesty International Amnesty International today urged Haitian authorities to bring former President Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to justice for the human rights abuses committed under his regime from 1971 and 1986. The call came […]
Source: Survival International Isolated Indians in southeast Peru are being ‘bribed’ with painkillers and pens, as industry giants seek to open up their land to explore for gas. Survival has learned that even members of […]
Source: Green Left Weekly September 25 will go down as one of the darkest day in Bolivia since Evo Morales was elected as the country’s first indigenous president almost six years ago. After more than […]
Source: Al Jazeera Leftist governments in Latin America are facing resistance not only from the right, but from their own bases, as well. The triumph of left-leaning former army officer Ollanta Humala in Peru’s presidential […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas On September 11, Bolivians observed the third anniversary of the Pando massacre, a brutal attack on indigenous peasants and students in the Amazonian lowlands and the most deadly act […]
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