News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 59
Chilean Court Suspends Pascua Lama Mine
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 10 (IPS) - Environmental groups and indigenous Diaguita communities of the Huasco Valley in northern Chile celebrated a court decision Wednesday that will bring to a complete halt work on the Pascua Lama gold, silver and copper mine belonging to Canada's Barrick gold.
World Bank to Strengthen Focus on Land Rights
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 08 (IPS) - The World Bank will be placing stronger emphasis on issues of land tenure and socially and environmentally sustainable agricultural investing, it announced Monday.
Mining Investment Won’t Switch from Chile to Peru
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Apr 02 (IPS) - The Chilean government has warned of the potential flight of mining and energy investments to Peru because of court rulings that have paralysed large-scale mining projects in the north of the country. But this fear is unfounded, at least in the short term.
Group Warns of “Natural Resources Giveaway” in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 26 (IPS) - Researchers have unveiled new data warning that governments in Latin America are infringing on the rights of their indigenous populations in a bid to fuel development through the extraction of natural resources.
PERU: Stepping Up Protection for Native Groups in Voluntary Isolation
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Mar 26 (IPS) - In the dense Amazon rainforest of Peru, there are five reserves inhabited by indigenous groups who have chosen to remain totally or partially isolated from the rest of society. But these areas are not officially demarcated as indigenous lands, and only one is protected with a control post.
Ranchers Try to Drive Tsimané Indians Off Their Land
- Inter Press Service
EL JATATAL, Bolivia, Mar 25 (IPS) - "We can't take any more abuse," Carmelo Tayo, the head of this small Tsimané indigenous village, says sadly. The community has lived for decades on land in Bolivia's Amazon jungle that outsiders are now trying to gain control of.
Cameroonian Farmers Find Justice in Fair Fruit
- Inter Press Service
DOUALA, Cameroon, Mar 14 (IPS) - The fruit farmers in Njombe, a small town in the coastal Littoral Region of Cameroon, learned a life lesson about "making lemonade out of lemons" - or rather "dried fruit out of fruit" when their land was taken from them by the government and leased to an international farming company.
Native Women Bring Solar Energy to Chile's Atacama Desert
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Mar 13 (IPS) - Three indigenous communities from the Chilean highlands have just received solar panels, which will be set up and maintained by unlikely solar engineers: five native women who travelled halfway around the world to India and overcame language and other barriers to bring photovoltaic energy to their villages.
A “Golden Age” for Native Cinema
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Mar 11 (IPS) - Indigenous filmmakers and audiovisual artists worldwide are celebrating their growing visibility, as native voices and stories edge their way onto the big screen, gaining international recognition both artistically and commercially.
U.S. Abstains on Controversial World Bank Mongolia Mine Project
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - The United States has refused to vote for involvement by the World Bank Group in a massive but controversial mining project in Mongolia.
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