News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 74
U.S.: Battle Escalates Against Genetically Modified Crops
- Inter Press Service
Home to a fast-growing network of farmers' markets, cooperatives and organic farms, but also the breeding ground for mammoth for-profit corporations that now hold patents to over 50 percent of the world's seeds, the United States is weathering a battle between Big Agro and a ripening movement for food justice and security.
BOLIVIA: General Strike Protests Crackdown on Native March
- Inter Press Service
Bolivia's main trade union declared a 24-hour general strike Wednesday to protest Sunday's police crackdown on indigenous demonstrators who were protesting the construction of a road through a pristine rainforest preserve.
INDIA: Kashmiris Hail Hague Stay on Dam
- Inter Press Service
A ruling by the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) at The Hague, staying construction of a dam across a river that flows into Pakistan, has brought cheer to the tribal people who live around the site.
Despite Western Boycott, Racism Meet Gets Overwhelming Support
- Inter Press Service
A 'boycott' by more than a dozen Western nations, including the United States, Germany, Canada and Israel, failed to derail a high-level meeting on racism and xenophobia hosted by the 193-member General Assembly.
MEXICO: Peace Movement Meets Zapatistas
- Inter Press Service
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, headed by Mexican writer Javier Sicilia, travelled through southeastern Mexico and reached the heart of the territory controlled by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), bringing a message of solidarity.
Global Gold Rush Brings Heightened Scrutiny
- Inter Press Service
Bolstered by gold prices hovering above 1,800 dollars an ounce and a global economy slowly recovering, exploration activity for the precious metal in 2010 once again rebounded. Yet, with this surge comes the attendant scrutiny by activists, investors, and the media into the industry's human rights and environmental records abroad.
MOROCCO: Demands for Autonomy Spread
- Inter Press Service
Morocco’s offer of autonomy to Western Sahara to stave off demands for full independence is boomeranging on the kingdom with other regions now demanding similar freedom.
MEXICO: Peace Caravan 'Has Made Us Feel Stronger'
- Inter Press Service
With a huge hug, Olga Reyes from Chihuahua, who has lost six family members in Mexico's wave of drug-related violence, greets Araceli Rodríguez from Mexico state, the mother of a young federal police officer who 'disappeared' in Michoacán two years ago.
INDIA: Landless Plan a Long March
- Inter Press Service
The Gandhian movement Ekta Parishad plans to organise a march for land rights in October 2012 in India, aiming to gathering around 100,000 indigenous people, dalits and poor peasants. Support is shaping up around the world, at events such as an international mobilisation conference in Geneva Sep. 12-13.
GUATEMALA: The War Over Land
- Inter Press Service
The violent eviction of 91 rural families in northern Guatemala was the latest incident in the ageold conflict over land in a country where the army is frequently called in to force peasant farmers off their land.
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