News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 51
Native Americans Seek Equal Access to Voting Precincts
- Inter Press Service
SPOKANE, Washington, Dic 13 (IPS) - In a lawsuit that could have nationwide implications for ballot-box access for tribes across the United States, Native Americans from Montana are pushing for early voting precincts to be placed closer to the locations of three tribal reservations - the Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Fort Belknap reservations.
Mundurukú Indians in Brazil Protest Tapajós Dams
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dic 12 (IPS) - It took them three days to make the 2,000-km journey by bus from their Amazon jungle villages.
Lynch Mobs Hide Behind 'Community Justice' in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Dic 09 (IPS) - Images of tortured bodies and barely recognisable faces, victims of lynch mobs made up of furious local residents, periodically shock Bolivian society.
Bringing Cameroon’s Marginalised to the Poverty Debate
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Dic 05 (IPS) - Lydia Njang, a widow and mother of five from Cameroon's North West Region, has lost her farmland three times.
Saving Children From Loggers
- Inter Press Service
AUKI, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, Dic 01 (IPS) - Logging is the largest industry in the Solomon Islands, an archipelago located northwest of Fiji, where 80 percent of the islands are covered in tropical rainforest. But, although timber accounts for 60 percent of this South Pacific nation's export earnings, most local communities have experienced no beneficial development.
When Calamity Strikes, Think Local
- Inter Press Service
BHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 30 (IPS) - More than a month after Cyclone Phailin battered Orissa, tribes in the eastern Indian coastal state are still feeling its wrath. Besides the damage to their homes and hearths, it has also meant a loss of their traditional food.
The Other Rearguard of Colombia’s FARC Rebels
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela, Nov 26 (IPS) - The presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is evident in Venezuela's Amazon region, where the guerrillas can be seen on speed boats, in camps, or interacting with local indigenous communities.
Almost 20 Years On - International Justice Still Fails Rwandans
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Nov 26 (IPS) - "There is a saying that all Rwandans believe in. You can't forgive if you forget, but when you remember, you know what harmed you and you can forgive and move forward," Honore Gatera tells IPS as he walks through the grounds of the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda's capital.
A Google for India’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
RAIPUR, India, Nov 23 (IPS) - Deep in the forests of central India live the Gond tribals, an almost forgotten lot, neglected as much by the state as by mainstream media. Many cannot read or write. But thanks to a new technology, and the rapid spread of mobile phones through India, they are now picking up their cell phone and making their voice heard.
Demarcation of Native Territories Essential for Venezuela’s Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
CAÑO DE UÑA, Amazonas, Venezuela, Nov 19 (IPS) - "All of the countries of the Amazon basin say they want to protect the environment, but they all have agreements with transnational corporations for the construction of roads or for mining and exploitation of forests," Curripaco indigenous leader Gregorio Díaz Mirabal, from the south of Venezuela, told Tierramérica.*
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