South America
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Humankind can take one of two trains, says Dr. Ramon Nenadich, organizer of this past weekend’s gathering of indigenous...
7 Dec, 2009 | Author:
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Facebook President Evo Morales seems set to push ahead with the implementation of a new constitution to place indigenous peoples at the heart of Bolivia’...
2 Aug, 2009 | Author:
Ryan Paul | Category:
South America |
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Facebook Bolivia has become the first country in the history of South America to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.
The country’...
7 Jun, 2009 | Author:
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Facebook Peru’s army has set up checkpoints and imposed curfews in the jungle state of Amazonas after clashes between police and indigenous protesters.
A...
21 May, 2009 | Author:
Ryan Paul | Category:
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Facebook As Bolivia prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the start of its independence struggle from Spain, the BBC’s Candace Piette finds that...
16 May, 2009 | Author:
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Facebook Peru’s military have been authorised to give support to the police for 30 days in an escalating dispute over Amazon resources with indigenous gr...
1 May, 2009 | Author:
Ryan Paul | Category:
South America |
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Facebook A deadline has passed for non-indigenous residents of an Indian reservation in northern Brazil to leave the area.
It follows a that the Raposa Serra ...
20 Mar, 2009 | Author:
Ryan Paul | Category:
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Facebook A ruling by Brazil’s supreme court has boosted the efforts of the country’s disadvantaged indigenous groups to keep control of their lands...
12 Feb, 2009 | Author:
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Facebook Another 10 members of the Awa tribe in Colombia have been murdered, a group representing indigenous people says.
Last week 17 Awa people, among them w...
25 Jan, 2009 | Author:
Ryan Paul | Category:
South America |
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Facebook Bolivian President Evo Morales has claimed victory in a referendum on a new constitution aimed at improving conditions for the indigenous majority.
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