News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 59
Indigenous Youth Speak up to Protect Their Roots
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 17 (IPS) - Indigenous youthfrom some of the world's oldest living cultures are stepping forward to steer their communities past the threat of disappearance and into an age of coexistence with an increasingly globalised world.
Virtually At Sea in the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 15 (IPS) - The Pacific Islands have some of the lowest rates of Internet penetration in the world, but tech-savvy urbanites are behind the emergence of a number of social media sites dedicated to generating public debate and demanding government accountability. However, without real action, online forums speaking truth to power are constrained in impacting political and social reforms in the region.
Native Peoples Say: No Consultations, No Concessions
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Feb 13 (IPS) - Representatives of native communities in the Amazon region of Peru, where the first ever "prior consultation" about a project affecting their territory will be held, have pressured the authorities into promising that their views will be taken into account every step of the way. But the government's word is no longer enough to assuage their mistrust.
In the Land of Gas, the Residents Have None
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 12 (IPS) - The 19,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Caraparí, the area supplying a third of Bolivia's gas exports, do not have access to gas or petrol, six years after the nationalisation of the mega deposit and almost a quarter century after its discovery.
Hydroelectric Project Threatens Chile's Lake Neltume
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Feb 06 (IPS) - "This is paradise and they want to destroy it. This has had an enormous psychological impact on us," says Guido Melinao, leader of the Mapuche indigenous community of Valeriano Cayicul, referring to the Neltume hydroelectric power plant project planned by the Spanish-Italian consortium Endesa-Enel.
Pakistan Tribes Turn Against Army
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 02 (IPS) - –"We demand an immediate end to the military operation in Khyber Agency because it has not brought any results during the past three years," says Iqbal Afridi from the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf party. "The military operations are killing the local population while the militants remained unharmed."
Two Luthiers Emerge From Deep Bolivian Amazon
- Inter Press Service
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Jan 10 (IPS) - They belong to the Amazon of Bolivia, where their people, the Moxena nation, are found, and they are brothers. Francisco and Alfonso Ichu Tamo came to this southern city to become the premier makers of musical instruments.
Historic Mapuche Land Conflict Flares Up
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jan 08 (IPS) - A string of attacks in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía, where native Mapuche people are struggling for their land rights, puts the spotlight squarely on what analysts call the "supine ignorance" displayed by authorities about the country's history.
Power in Bolivia’s Gas-Rich Chaco Region Thrust into Indigenous Hands
- Inter Press Service
TARIJA, Bolivia, Dic 27 (IPS) - Due to the intense political polarisation in the Chaco region, home to Bolivia's oil and natural gas wealth, three indigenous lawmakers who entered the legislative assembly of the southern department of Tarija as representatives of their people have quickly come to wield decisive power.
Indigenous Chileans Still Fighting Pinochet-Era Highway Project
- Inter Press Service
PUERTO SAAVEDRA, Chile, Dic 27 (IPS) - For more than two decades, Mapuche indigenous people in the Chilean region of Araucanía have been fighting the construction of the Ruta Costera (Coastal Highway), a megaproject initially conceived during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) which has already caused significant archeological and cultural losses and damages.
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