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Chile: Aymara community rejects exclusion from lithium consultation

Published on: December 14, 2024
01:16

Santiago, Chile, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The Aymara community of Ancovinto, in the Chilean region of Tarapacá, filed a legal appeal for being excluded from the consultation on the exploitation of lithium in the Coipasa salt flat, it was reported here on Friday.

Salvadoran prosecutor stands for indigenous rights

Published on: August 10, 2024
09:19

San Salvador, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights Raquel de Guevara stood for indigenous people by granting that nation faced the challenge of promoting public policies to benefit them.

Ecuador’s indigenous denounce violation of their rights

Published on: August 2, 2024
14:58

Quito, Aug 2 (Prensa Latina) The indigenous populations of Ecuador today denounced the violation of their rights over their territories threatened by mining activity and transnational companies operating in the Andean country.

Indigenous leaders demand suspension of 2024 budget in Guatemala

Published on: December 20, 2023
13:07

Guatemala, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Mayan indigenous leaders on Tuesday demanded the definitive suspension of Guatemala's criticized 2024 Budget Law, following the provisional injunction granted on Monday by the Constitutional Court (CC).

Guatemalan indigenous people reaffirm their right to peaceful rally

Published on: October 18, 2023
17:20

Guatemala City, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Boards of Directors of 48 Cantons of the Totonicapan Department Luis Pacheco reaffirmed on Wednesday the right to peaceful rally in Guatemala, following the order of the Constitutional Court (CC).

Ecuadorian indigenous people to create anti-mining front

Published on: December 23, 2022
00:45

Quito, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) announced the creation of a front to preserve water reserves against the plan currently promoted by the Government to militarize mining projects.

Mexico protects by law indigenous and Afro-Mexican cultural heritage

Published on: January 18, 2022
11:41

Mexico, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Mexico made official this Tuesday a decree that issues the Federal Law for the Protection of the Cultural Heritage of Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Communities, whose objective is to recognize and guarantee them that property right.

Indigenous leader murdered in Colombia

Published on: November 22, 2021
12:37

Bogota, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia on Monday repudiated the murder of the Nasa people's leader, Marcos Camayo, perpetrated this Sunday in Buenos Aires municipality, in Cauca department.

Int´l leader urges UN to treat indigenous situation as a war conflict

Published on: November 10, 2021
00:08

United Nations, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Discrimination and poverty situation of indigenous pooples is too serious to the point of being treated at the United Nations as a warlike conflict, the international leader Lourdes Tiban said at the UN Security Council (UNSC).

Indigenous people continue in Bogotá without solution to demands

Published on: October 18, 2021
14:10

Bogotá, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The 13 indigenous communities planted in the National Park continue today asking for a dialogue table with mayor of the capital, Claudia López, to comply with the reached agreements.

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