News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 90
Q&A: Clean Energy and Cultural Survival in Nicaragua
- Inter Press Service
For the past six years, French and U.S. engineers have been installing solar panels and wind turbines in the southeastern Nicaraguan town of Bluefields, promoting clean energy and development among the region's Rama indigenous peoples.
BRAZIL: Young Indigenous Hero Teaches History in Video Game
- Inter Press Service
Computer game technology can have an impact on the way we view the world. In a new video game developed in Brazil, a young indigenous boy named Jeró helps break down the stereotypes of the worldwide video game industry while teaching about the history of colonialism.
PERU: Families of Victims of Biggest Shining Path Massacre Seek Justice
- Inter Press Service
For 26 years, Gregoria Aguilar has been mourning the loss of her son, son-in-law and nephew, who were killed in the biggest massacre committed by the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas in Peru's highlands.
Slack Monitoring of Peru's Amazon Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
Fifty-three percent of Peru is covered with native rainforest, but the agencies in charge of protecting and monitoring this vast area are toothless and have neither the staff nor the resources to cope with the job, according to a report from the Defensoría del Pueblo (Ombudsperson's Office).
RIGHTS-PERU: No Reparations Yet for Families of Civil War Victims
- Inter Press Service
The families of victims of the political violence in the impoverished southern highlands province of Ayacucho, the epicentre of Peru's 1980-2000 counterinsurgency war, complain that the government of Alan García has set new conditions for the start of the payment of reparations.
Canada Slowing Biodiversity Protocol’s Progress
- Inter Press Service
The spirit of international negotiations in Montreal on a draft protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of natural resources were marred by Canada’s insistence on a decentralised approach to ABS, Peigi Wilson, a Métis lawyer present at the meeting in support of the Quebec Native Women, told IPS.
World Bank, NGOs Spar over Indonesian Mine Project
- Inter Press Service
The World Bank's Board of Directors said studies for a potential mining project in Indonesia could move forward Tuesday but civil society groups, citing studies that have already been done, condemned the decision.
More Than 200 Ways of Becoming a Mother
- Inter Press Service
'You can only have one mother,' as the saying goes, but in Brazil there are 215 ways of becoming a mother, one for each of the ethnic groups in this South American country. Promoting maternal health while respecting cultural traditions is a major health challenge.
Controversy Dogs Brazil's Racial Equality Law
- Inter Press Service
The Statute of Racial Equality, soon to be signed into law in Brazil, is at the centre of a controversy between those who consider it a historical achievement, like the abolition of slavery in 1888, and those who see it as failing to satisfy the demands of the black movement.
Bolivian Lowlands Get Life-Saving Flood Warning System
- Inter Press Service
An early warning system to alert people living in the lowlands of the northern Bolivian department of Beni about imminent flooding of the mighty Mamoré and Ibare rivers is saving lives, food and goods, and overcoming the uncertainty that led to enormous losses in the past.
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