The Brazilian authorities must immediately suspend a court order to evict 170 Guarani–Kaiowá indigenous people from a portion of their ancestral lands, Amnesty International said after the community pledged to die together rather than be […]
(IPS) – One victim of the remodelling of Brazil’s Maracaná football stadium in preparation for the World Cup is the old Museum of the Indian, where people from different indigenous groups have attempted to keep […]
Barzón leader and his partner shot to death in Chihuahua after harassment from people paid by Vancouver based company Source: Vancouver Media Co-op CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO-The double murder of the leader of the Barzón, Ismael Solorio […]
Source: Venezuelanalysis.com In a cabinet meeting with his top ministers on Saturday, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez strongly criticised his political team for failing to show commitment to the participatory democratic model currently being proposed by […]
Source: Al Jazeera Protesters and police clash after legislation allowing the sale of state-owned land in a duty-free zone is approved. At least one person has been killed during violent protests in the Caribbean city of Colon over […]
Source: NACLA Report on the Americas On October 6, Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a new construction contract for the first segment of a controversial highway that would bisect the TIPNIS Indigenous Territory and National […]
On October 10, a US Border Patrol agent shot through the border fence into an urban neighborhood in the Mexican city of Nogales and shot to death a 16 year-old Mexican citizen. The Border Patrol […]
Source: Honduras Culture and Politics The Supreme Court of Honduras ruled today that the Honduras legislation establishing charter or model cities was unconstitutional. A ruling two weeks ago from the constitutional branch of the court […]
This award is for everyone who is fighting to make Chile a better place. Source: Institute for Policy Studies I would like to thank the Institute for Policy Studies. I thank IPS not only for […]
(IPS) – The titling of the lands of indigenous and peasant communities has been at a practical standstill for two years, with many of the corresponding files lost or incomplete. But the promotion of foreign […]
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