Taking on Big Cellulose: Brazilian Indigenous Communities Reclaim Their Land
In late August, Brazilian minister of justice Tarso Genro shocked many with his decision to demarcate about 27,000 acres of ...
Rural Upheaval and the Survival of the Maya
RURAL UPHEAVAL AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE MAYA While Guatemala's political and economic changes have had profound effects on indigenous ...
Afro-Colombia denied
A HUNDRED BLACK LEADERS AND PEASANTS from Colombia's Pacific Coast and northern Cauca Valley gathered in the southwestern city of ...
MEXICO A Grassroots Challenge
She is a tiny, ancient-looking woman in bare feet and a dingy housewife's apron. Though her face is wizened like ...
Colombia’s U’Wa People: The Real Price of Oil
"We are all children of the Earth, help us to defend her." Berito KuwarU'wa, spokesperson Traditional U'wa Authority In the ...
Suriname: Southeast Asian Loggers’ Latest Object of Desire
Suriname, the most densely forested country in the world, has attracted the interest of huge Southeast Asian logging companies. The ...
GUATEMALA’S NOBEL LAUREAT
A QUICHE WOMAN FROM AN ALDEA OF SAN Miguel Uspantan, Rigoberta Menchu lived a harsh, peasant life until a little ...
Indian Summer , Canadian Winter
THE DRAMA BEGAN IN JUNE 1990 IN WIN- nipeg, the capital city of the province of Manitoba. A fluke of ...
