News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 93
BOLIVIA: Morales Caught Between Gas Revenues and Indigenous Demands
- Inter Press Service
The Bolivian government negotiated with native groups to head off major marches and roadblocks aimed at demanding protection of indigenous land rights and conservation of the environment in their territories.
Argentina's Dream of Equality Unfulfilled, 200 Years On
- Inter Press Service
As Argentina celebrates the bicentennial of the revolution that paved the way for independence from Spain, the promise of social progress remains unfulfilled for excluded and marginalised groups.
KYRGYZSTAN: Agenda Seen Behind 'Ethnic' Clashes
- Inter Press Service
While local and international media reports of the May 19 clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan dwelt on rivalries between the Kyrgyz and Uzbek communities, the two ethnic groups were seen to be united against forces loyal to ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
MIDEAST: US Funds Apartheid Roads on West Bank
- Inter Press Service
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Israel to construct an apartheid road infrastructure in the occupied Palestinian West Bank by financing nearly a quarter of the segregated road system primarily for the benefit of Israeli settlers.
MEXICO: Murders Strengthen Resolve of Autonomous Indigenous Community
- Inter Press Service
'We feel defenceless, but we're going to return to San Juan Copala and accompany the family of our dead friend and colleague,' Jorge Albino, spokesperson for his autonomous village in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, told IPS Friday.
MEXICO: O'odham Nation Fights Toxic Waste Dump
- Inter Press Service
The Tohono O'odham indigenous people are counting the days to the October expiry date of the permit granted to a toxic waste management company for a landfill dump in their territory, in the northern Mexican state of Sonora.
MIDEAST: Where Commemorations Are Split
- Inter Press Service
In Israel and Palestine memory is a split matter, depending on which side of the map you come from. Especially this May, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders restart negotiating a border acceptable to their peoples.
Can Amaranth Fix Mexico's Dual Dietary Disasters?
- Inter Press Service
Supporters of amaranth have been trying for decades to bring this millennia-old grain back from oblivion. Known for its high nutritional content, it is now being promoted as a way to help modern-day Mexico confront two of its dietary ills: malnutrition and obesity.
MIDEAST: Palestinian Economic Boycott Hits Israeli Settlers
- Inter Press Service
Israeli settlers are beginning to feel the bite of an economic boycott campaign launched by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against goods produced in the illegal Israeli settlements dotting the occupied West Bank.
ECUADOR: Native Standoff Over Water Bill on Hold
- Inter Press Service
The Ecuadorean legislature's decision to hold a non-binding vote among the country's indigenous communities on a controversial water bill that sparked weeks of protests by native groups has calmed things down -- for now.
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