Tag: Indigenous peoples
Peruvian Court Condemns Soldiers Who Committed Crimes Against Humanity
In the 1980s, the military raped Indigenous women in the communities of Manta and Vilca. On Thursday, the First Transitory Superior Criminal Chamber issued a conviction against ten former Peruvian soldiers who raped Indigenous women in Huancavelica between 1984 and 1995. RELATED: Peruvians Ask Inter-American Court to Prevent Impunity in Crimes Against Humanity This crime […]
June 20, 2024
Brazilian Indigenous People Demand Demarcation of Their Lands
Since Monday until Friday, thousands of Brazilian Indigenous people are participating in the 20th Free Land Camp to demand their ancestral rights to the land. RELATED: Lula and Petro Discuss Bilateral and Regional Issues in Bogota Currently, Indigenous communities are fighting against the so-called “Temporal Framework,” a proposal through which agricultural, mining, and forestry corporations […]
April 23, 2024
Brazilian Yanomami Indigenous Leader Meets With Pope Francis
On Wednesday, the leader of the Yanomami Indigenous people, Davi Kopenawa, met with Pope Francis and asked him to support Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s actions in favor of protecting the Indigenous territories at the Amazon basin. RELATED: Brazil Condemns Murder of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza “The Pope wanted to know my people’s […]
April 10, 2024
Paraguayan Indigenous Peoples & Farmers Start March in Asuncion
On Thursday, the National Farmers’ Federation (FNC) kicked off its 30th “Farmer, Indigenous, and Popular March” in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, under the motto “For land and production, and against All Injustices.” RELATED: Paraguayan Firefighters on Alert for Forest Fires Summoned by the FNC, social activists, environmental defenders, and progressive politicians departed from […]
March 21, 2024
Brazil: Mining Company Could Not Prevent Burial of Chief Merong
Geneviève Grossi Ors, a federal judge from Belo Horizonte, granted Vale company a court authorization to prevent the burial of Merong Kamakã, a leader of the Kamakã indigenous community that is part of the Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe people. RELATED: Brazilian Indigenous Leader Merong Kamaka Found Dead At the request of this mining company, Judge Grossi Ors […]
March 6, 2024
Brazilian Indigenous Leader Merong Kamaka Found Dead
On Monday, Merong Kamakã, the leader of the recovered Kamakã Mongoio territory, was found dead in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Region. RELATED: Bolsonaro Knew About The Coup Attempt, Gen. Freire Gomes Admits Although the first police reports indicate that the cause of his death was suicide, the Minas Gerais Civil Police continues to investigate the […]
March 5, 2024
Indigenous People Ask Canada to Investigate Solaris Resources
On Thursday, the Shuar Arutam, an Indigenous people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon, filed a complaint against the Solaris Resources company before the British Columbia Securities Commission. RELATED: Mexico: AMLO Inaugurates Work of Aqueduct to Yaqui People The complainants specify that the company has not provided information to shareholders regarding Warintza, a copper-gold mining project […]
February 29, 2024
Wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon Put Yanomami Families at Risk
On Friday, the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) confirmed that 1,691 fires have occurred so far in February in the Roraima state, which is located in the northern region of the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Floods Caused by Intense Rains Leave Dead in Rio de Janeiro Compared to the same period last year, such figure […]
February 23, 2024
Indigenous Yanomami Parade Steals Attention at Rio Carnival
On Sunday, a presentation on the Yanomami culture grabbed attention on the first night of samba school parades at the Rio de Janeiro Carnival. RELATED: Carnival Kicks Off in Brazilian Cities As its parade theme, the Salgueiro samba school chose “Hutukara,” which the Yanomami call the “original sky from which the earth was formed,” allowing them to stage a cry […]