Over the weekend, the Peruvian Government’s Vice-Minister for Interculturality, Iván Lanegra confirmed that he would resign after he appeared to lose an argument over who is considered [...]
Last week, here in Peru, all eyes were on the release of the Regulation for implementing the new Ley de Consulta (Law on Prior Consultation for Indigenous Peoples). Precisely because the new [...]
On October 21, two days after thousands of Bolivia’s indigenous peoples completed their 500 km march to La Paz in protest of the government’s plan to construct a highway through their territory, [...]
Construction on the controversial US$11 billion Xingu River dam construction project — the so-called Belo Monte dam — was temporarily halted by a Brazilian federal judge last month due to [...]
Last week, James Anaya, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, delivered a written report and statement to the UN General Assembly, summarizing the first three [...]
On Tuesday, the Shwe Gas Movement released a new report linking the Shwe natural gas and Burma-China crude oil projects to serious abuses across a huge area of Burma: Sold Out, Launch of China [...]
On Tuesday August 23rd, Peru’s congress unanimously approved a new law that would grant indigenous communities the right to prior consultation on projects that will affect them and their [...]
October has been a tough month for the Peruvian Amazon as the government continues to open up the jungle to increased hydrocarbon exploitation, and communities in areas already under exploitation [...]
