22/09/2017 | Frente Externo
Brazilian Indigenous Win Supreme Court Victory to Keep Their Land In Mato Grosso
The Federal Supreme Court ruled the lands are ‘immemorially indigenous’ and that Mato Grosso could not expropriate the lands.
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28/06/2016 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bertha Cáceres Among Those on Honduran Military Hit List
The presence of her mother's name on a Honduran military hit list, alleged recently by a former soldier in a U.S.-trained military police squad, did not come as a surprise to one of slain Lenca Activist Bertha Cáceres daughters, Bertha Zuniga, who asserts that this charge is consistent with prior attacks and persecution.
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19/10/2011 | Frente Externo
A Historic Victory in Costa Rica
For the first time in Costa Rican history an indigenous community has successfully sued to recover territory that had been theirs according to earlier rulings.
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11/08/2011 | Sociedad
Mapuche Students Fight for an Indigenous University in Chile
Mapuche students in Chile have brought the issue of a Mapuche University with a focus on indigenous knowledge and history to the attention of the entire nation, and garnered support from certain Chilean leaders and government officials.
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15/01/2010 | Frente Externo
Bolivia launches traditional medicines programs
The Bolivian government is promoting traditional indigenous medicine by sponsoring two intercultural pharmacies and by pledging $10 million towards the development of a larger “pharmaceutical enterprise” according to press statements.
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