Indigenous Latin America

Sep 21, 2017

Ecuador: Renewed Dialogue Between President Moreno and Indigenous Movement Yields Important Steps Forward

Photo Courtesy by: Agencia de Noticias ANDES @Flickr In July 2017, President Lenin Moreno met with CONAIE, the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador. It had been 8 years since the dialogue between the national government and the indigenous movement had been suspended. Showing his commitment to re-establish the dialogue, President Moreno pledged to restore intercultural bilingual education and...

Sep 21, 2017

Ecuador: Renewed Dialogue Between President Moreno...

Photo Courtesy by: Agencia de Noticias ANDES @Flickr In July 2017, President Lenin Moreno met with CONAIE, the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador. It had been 8 years since the dialogue between...

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Sep 12, 2017

Brazil: Massacre Highlights Increasing Threat...

Photo Courtesy of Eduardo Fonseca Arraes @Flickr.com The recent massacre of ten members of an uncontacted Amazonian tribe in Brazil constitutes another example of the failure of the Brazilian...

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Aug 17, 2017

Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Protest Timeframe Limitation...

Members of indigenous communities protest in Brazil’s capital. Banner says “Land is life; timeframe is death”. Photo courtesy of Inayê Gomes Lopes   Throughout this week,...

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Aug 09, 2017

UNPO Commemorates International Day of the World’s...

  In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly voted for the establishment of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated since then every 9 August. This year [2017]...

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Aug 08, 2017

Brazil: UNPO Denounces “Timeframe Limitation”...

Photo courtesy of Latin America Bureau (adapted)   On 20 July 2017, the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil approved an Opinion Paper of the Union’s Attorney-General instituting a timeframe...

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Aug 07, 2017

Brazil: Indigenous Group Stops Massive Dam Project...

Photo Courtesy of Internationalrivers.org Indigenous activists managed to stop a massive dam project after a group of 200 Munduku men, women and children had occupied the construction site for four days....

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Jul 20, 2017

Brazil: Indigenous People Occupy Hydroelectric...

Photo courtesy of Mongabay The Munduruku indigenous people began occupying the construction site of the São Manoel hydroelectric dam, which is built on the Teles Pires river in the east of the...

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Jul 04, 2017

Brazil: Indigenous Lands Integrated in Google’s...

Photo Courtesy of Carrie Gong@Flickr On 2 July 2017, Google announced the integration of Brazil’s indigenous territories into Google Maps and Earth. In collaboration with FUNAI, Brazil's National...

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