BRAZIL: “ACCELERATED PROCESS OF REVERSE”
On the eve of Rio+20, former environment minister Marina Silva expresses her frustration at the government's environmetal policies
Honduras: funeral of man assassinated by police
COPINH, the indigenous organisation, issues statement protesting about police brutality (in Spanish).
Honduras: direct intervention
On 11 May 2012 US and Honduran soldiers shot a group of Miskito Indians from a helicopter, claiming they were involved in drug-trafficking. Berta Cáceres from COPINH says that the indigenous community is under seige.
PERU: Indigenous protests lead to talks
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon force oil companies to talk
Colombia: land restitution without security
Afro-Colombian communities return to their land but serious concerns about their future remain.
Land grab in Latin America
Meeting in Buenos Aires, social movements criticise a recent report on land-grabbing by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
TIPNIS: SECOND ANTI-ROAD MARCH CONTINUES
Indigenous groups in Bolivia are marching once again in protest over the planned road, even though it is proving hard to maintain the earlier momentum.
Brazil: pedagogy of the land
Brazil: Pedagogy of the Land. A group of 50 peasant farmers in the Brazilian state of Pará have brought out a remarkable book, entitled "Harvest in Times of Drought".
Indigenous Flashpoints
Latin America may be enjoying an economic boom, but indigenous peoples have become the victims of that prosperity.
Land Rights of the Kaliña and Lokono Indigenous Peoples of Suriname
The indigenous peoples of Suriname are fighting for land right in a country that is ruled by old colonial laws.