Indigenous Latin America

Nov 27, 2017

Mapuche: 21-Year-Old Killed over Land Right Disputes

Photo Courtesy of Esteban Ignacio @Flickr On 25 November 2017, during the latest operation of the Argentinian police ordered by Federal Judge Gustavo Villanueva to clear ancestral land of the Mapuche community in Patagonia, Argentina, one 21-year-old Mapuche has been killed and two others injured. The incident happened after the Mapuche fled from the police into the mountains. Since the killing, protests...

Nov 27, 2017

Mapuche: 21-Year-Old Killed over Land Right D...

Photo Courtesy of Esteban Ignacio @Flickr On 25 November 2017, during the latest operation of the Argentinian police ordered by Federal Judge Gustavo Villanueva to clear ancestral land of the Mapuche...

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Nov 24, 2017

Brazilian Delegation in Brussels for Launch of...

During the week of 20  November 2017 the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) – in collaboration with Mr Francisco Assis MEP (S&D) and Marisa Matias (GUE/NGL) and with the...

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Nov 22, 2017

European Parliament Conference: Friends of Indigenous...

[DESCRIÇÃO EM PORTUGUÊS ABAIXO]   22 November 2017 | 18:00-20:00 Room P1C047 | European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium On 22 November at 18:00 the Unrepresented Nations and...

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Nov 20, 2017

EP Documentary Screening: Terras Brasileiras /...

[DESCRIÇÃO EM PORTUGUÊS ABAIXO]   20 November 2017 | 18:30-21:00 Room ASP 1G2 | European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium On 20 November 2017 at 18:30 the Unrepresented Nations...

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Nov 09, 2017

Brazil: Report Shows Continuing Deterioration...

Photo courtesy of CIMI On 5 October 2017 the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) published their report on Violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil recorded in 2016. The report signals a...

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Oct 23, 2017

Brazil: Electric Hydropower Policies Severely...

Photo courtesy of International hydropower association.  Indigenous communities and researchers report the devastating effects of the construction of hydropower plants on the Teles Pires river which...

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Oct 16, 2017

Mapuche: Argentinian Government Should Respond...

Photo courtesy of David Suazo Quintana @Flickr The Mapuche community Pu Lof de Cushamen in Argentina has reported human rights violations against their members to the Inter-American Commission on Human...

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