News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 108
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Airwaves Changing Lives of the Physically Challenged
- Inter Press Service
In the past physically challenged Theophilus Ayim would have been kept behind closed doors by his family because they feared he would be scorned and ridiculed by the community.
TOURISM-COSTA RICA: Much More Than a Walk in the Countryside
- Inter Press Service
Some 3,000 people make their living from rural community-based tourism in Costa Rica, according to the association of tour operators who connect visitors to the delights of rural life.
RIGHTS-CHILE: Mapuche Activist's Death Heats Up Conflict
- Inter Press Service
The lack of opportunities for dialogue and participation and the struggle for control over land and natural resources in Chile are hurdles to a solution to the Mapuche Indians' century-long conflict, which claimed a new victim this week: a 24-year-old activist shot by the police while taking part in an occupation of land claimed as indigenous territory.
COLOMBIA: Indigenous People Troubled by U.S. Military Presence
- Inter Press Service
The head of Colombia's biggest association of indigenous people is concerned that allowing U.S. troops to use military bases in his country will signal a regression to former times when the United States exercised control over Latin America, while a native activist warned of an increase in the number of cases of sexual abuse of young indigenous women by foreign soldiers.
MOROCCO: The Berber Dance Is Over
- Inter Press Service
The satellite receiver has speeded up the process of wiping out the cultural heritage of Morocco's Berbers. Old traditions are now dying out under the influence of television imams.
RIGHTS: UN Anti-Racism Committee Concerned for Indians in Peru
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern this week over the treatment received by indigenous communities in Peru.
RIGHTS-CHILE: New Wave of Mapuche Land Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
The southern Chilean region of Araucanía has been shaken in the last few days by occupations of land by Mapuche activists claiming it as part of their ancestral territory, attacks on vehicles, and the resurgence of an anti-Mapuche paramilitary group.
COLOMBIA: Killings of Indians Continued During UN Rapporteur's Visit
- Inter Press Service
'Colombia’s indigenous people find themselves in a serious, critical and profoundly worrying human rights situation,' says the preliminary report by United Nations special rapporteur James Anaya, who just completed a visit to this country.
ENERGY-CHILE: Geothermal Debate Simmers in El Tatio
- Inter Press Service
El Tatio geyser field, a tourist destination in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta, is at the heart of a controversy over a geothermal energy project being developed four kilometres away. The entire area is claimed by Atacama indigenous communities, who now stand divided.
RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Uplifting Aboriginals, a Matter of 'Urgent National Significance'
- Inter Press Service
In this remote Aboriginal town, 420 km south-west of Darwin, Northern Territory’s capital, third world living conditions still prevail despite the Australian government’s efforts to improve life for its oldest inhabitants.
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