Columbia Colombian armed groups forcibly recruited nearly 190 kids in 2023: report 13-02-2024 13:20 Nearly 190 children as young as nine were forcibly recruited by armed groups in Colombia last year, the country's rights ombudsman said Monday.
ENVIRONMENT South America seeks roadmap to save Amazon at 'landmark' summit 08-08-2023 13:34 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opened what he called a "landmark" summit Tuesday, urging fellow South American leaders to chart an ambitious roadmap to save the Amazon rainforest.
HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY Briana: six-year-old’s tragic death highlights inequality in Argentina 22-07-2023 06:59 Child mortality is an ongoing tragedy in Argentina’s indigenous communities. The recent death of six-year-old Briana, a member of Salta’s Wichi community, in a hospital waiting-room last March highlights the precarious conditions facing residents in the north of the country and the failure of successive governments to protect the rights of all citizens. by Sabrina Chemen
indigenous rights With bows and spears, Brazilian indigenous 'warriors' defend the Amazon 09-06-2023 18:20 Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon: indigenous "warriors of the forest" take a stand with bows and spears, confronting illegal activities and defending their land and resources.
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS Indigenous Brazilians demand more land reserves 26-04-2023 12:11 Thousands of indigenous Brazilians gathered in the capital this week to demand the creation of new reserves on their ancestral lands.
CONTROVERSIAL COURT RULING Mendoza Chamber of Deputies denies Mapuches’ status as indigenous peoples 06-04-2023 18:45 Mendoza Chamber of Deputies declared Mapuches “should not be considered original Argentine peoples” in a resolution last Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS UN report criticises ‘structural discrimination’ against Argentina's indigenous 23-03-2023 17:43 United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights highlights repeated “evictions and violent interventions” in new report. by Api Dhadda
INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE Amazonian Siekopai people battle for return to ancestral land 15-02-2023 11:09 Displaced by decades of war as well as commercial and cultural intrusions, the Siekopai people live scattered between villages straddling the Ecuador-Peru border, far from their ancestral territory, which they are fighting to reclaim.
ENVIRONMENT Lula moves to put Brazil at vanguard of climate negotiations 14-11-2022 09:43 Lula will present his vision for the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest , at COP27 on Wednesday morning.
SECURITY Twelve arrests in Villa Mascardi as security forces evict Mapuches 04-10-2022 17:06 Following weekend demonstrations by local residents, 250 members of security forces deployed by authorities in large operation to evict members of the Lafken Winkul Mapu community.
CRIME & SECURITY Opposition denounces violence in Río Negro as Mapuche conflict escalates 29-09-2022 00:18 Arson, occupation and conflict as hooded Mapuche gang seizes Los Radales lot in Villa Mascardi after fire.
Chile Constitution Vote Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution 04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.
Chile New Constitution Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution 02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.
POLITICS & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS Volcano goes from ‘sacred’ to secular in 24 hours as Mapuche tensions rise 12-08-2022 10:04 Environment Ministry’s controversial recognition of the Lanín volcano and mountain as ‘sacred’ Mapuche site sparks immediate backlash from Neuquén Governor Omar Gutiérrez and host of opposition leaders, followed by a U-turn the next day; As tensions rise, local indigenous leaders decry “fragility” of government policy.
Chile's New Constitution Chile President Boric receives draft constitution 04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.
Murder in the Amazon Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon 22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?
Indigenous Rights Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg 27-05-2022 14:51 With military troops once again patrolling their ancestral lands, members of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's south are angry.
Indigenous rights Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions 17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.