Her disappearance came after she had received repeated threats from a lumber businessman. On Monday, Chilean social, territorial and humanitarian organizations held demonstrations demanding that President Gabriel Boric’s government accelerate investigations into the disappearance of Mapuche leader Julia Chuñil. RELATED: Bedouins and Mapuches: One Fight for Land and Identity This 73-year-old woman, who was president […]

The incident occurred as Panamanian police violently cracked down on Indigenous communities protesting against Law 462. On Sunday, the General Congress of Guna Yala, a member organization of the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (COONAPIP), denounced that an Embera teenager died after being struck in the head by pellets. RELATED: U.S. Seeks […]

The repressive action was carried out in collusion with the Canadian mining company Lowell-Solaris, CONAIE said. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Ecuador’s national police arbitrarily and violently evicted Indigenous citizens from the headquarters of the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers (FICSH) in Sucua, Morona Santiago province, located in the Amazon region. RELATED: Venezuelan […]

Their physical and cultural extinction risk is a tragedy that we can and must prevent, Campbell said. On Tuesday, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights representative in Colombia, Scott Campbell, warned of the risk of extinction facing five Indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta due to the presence of illegal armed […]

The Boric administration has shown passivity and sluggishness in the investigation of this case. On Thursday, social activists held protests demanding concrete action from the Chilean state in the case of Julia Chuñil Catricura, a Mapuche land defender and president of the Putreguel community in the Los Rios Region, who disappeared six months ago. RELATED: […]

Teachers, workers, and students reject the policies implemented by President Mulino. On Tuesday, the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (COONAPIP) expressed its support for the protests being carried out by teachers, workers, and students against the policies implemented by President Jose Mulino. RELATED: Panamanian Police Repress Protests Against Social Security Reforms More […]

They are gathered in Brasilia to reject a law that restricts their rights to territorial occupations that existed in 1988. From Monday to Friday, thousands of Indigenous people will camp in Brasilia to defend their ancestral land rights and demand greater respect for Amazonian ecosystems. RELATED: The Brazilian Supreme Court Could Imprison Jair Bolsonaro for […]

Thousands of citizens took part in the 31st Peasant, Indigenous, and Popular March. On Thursday, thousands of farmers and Indigenous people marched in Asuncion to demand agrarian reform that would grant them access to land and greater support for rural producers. This marked the third day of protests faced by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña. RELATED: […]

They donated food to Indigenous communities in the state of Parana. On Thursday, the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) donated 5,000 kilos of food to the Ava Guarani communities in Guaira. This donation came from crops grown in settlements in the state of Parana. RELATED: Brazilian President Promotes Agrarian Reform in New Territories “MST women harvested […]

They also demand justice for the death of a Pataxó man who was killed in the state of Bahia. On Thursday, representatives of the Pataxó and Tupinambá peoples protested in front of the Supreme Court in Brasília to demand justice and protection following the recent killing of a member of the Pataxó ethnic group in […]