News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 83
MEXICO: Native Craftswomen Harness Their Skills
- Inter Press Service
It took María de los Ángeles Carrillo, a native craftswoman from Mexico, eight months to weave a decorative junco reed basket, for which she won an 8,000 dollar prize from the Mexican government.
Malnutrition Has an Indigenous Face in Peru
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous children under five in Peru's highlands regions still bear the brunt of chronic malnutrition, even though local authorities in those areas received millions of dollars worth of taxes between 2006 and 2010 from the mining companies operating there.
BRAZIL: Creation of Native Reserves Slowed Down Under Lula
- Inter Press Service
In Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's eight years as president of Brazil, he signed decrees creating just 88 indigenous reserves, far fewer than his immediate predecessors.
CHILE: Flood of Indigenous Demands a Challenge for Government
- Inter Press Service
While many are sceptical that the Chilean government will deliver on its promise of a shift in indigenous policy, the deadline is looming for the administration of Sebastián Piñera to live up to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights recommendations with respect to imprisoned members of the Mapuche community.
ECUADOR: Keeping Age-old Weaving Technique Alive
- Inter Press Service
Outside the modest two-story adobe house, a flag of Ecuador flutters alongside a large sign that reads 'Ikat: weaving demonstrations and sales.' Hanks of yarn and colourful fabrics hang from the handrail running around the edge of the courtyard and balcony, and weaving looms can be seen inside.
Indigenous Peoples Gain U.S., U.N. Recognition
- Inter Press Service
As 2010 draws to a close, both the United States and the United Nations have reached out to one of the world’s most marginalised groups in society: indigenous peoples.
Q&A: 'This Time There Will Be No Noah's Ark'
- Inter Press Service
'The market is not going to resolve the environmental crisis,' says theologian and environmentalist Leonardo Boff, professor at Brazil's State University of Rio de Janeiro. The solution, he says, lies in ethics and in changing our relationship with nature.
PERU: Sacrificing the Rainforest on the Altar of Energy
- Inter Press Service
The construction of five hydroelectric dams in Peru as part of an energy deal with Brazil will do considerable damage to the environment, such as the destruction of nearly 1.5 million hectares of jungle over the next 20 years, according to an independent study.
INDIA: Life Term for Activist a Setback for Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
The life sentence served on Dr Binayak Sen on charges of helping Maoist rebels in eastern India has rattled people and organisations fighting to strengthen human rights in a country that prides itself on being the world’s biggest democracy.
PERU: Decades On, Women Remain Last in Line for Justice
- Inter Press Service
Investigations of the raping of women in the 1980s during Peru's counterinsurgency war have ground to a halt, even though the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission filed the respective complaints in 2004. Not one sentence has been handed down for the soldiers alleged to have committed the rapes, while more victims come forward.
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