Indigenous people re-occupy Belo Monte construction site
By Jeremy Hance / Mongabay Construction on Brazil’s megadam, Belo Monte, has been halted again as around 150 demonstrators, most of them from nearby indigenous tribes, have occupied the main construction site at Pimental. Over a hundred indigenous people joined...
Owen Lloyd: Gold Rush and the Invasion of California
By Owen Lloyd / DGR News Service There is a great deal of sentimentality in California around the gold rush that begun in 1848. A recent textbook described the rush as a sort of prototype for the American dream: a “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good...
Awá people shut down railway servicing world’s largest iron mine
By Survival International A protest involving Earth’s most threatened tribe, the Awá, has forced the world’s largest iron ore mine to suspend operations along its main railway line. On Tuesday, hundreds of Indians including the Awá, took to the tracks of Vale’s...Guatemalan soldiers massacre seven indigenous protestors
By Moises Castillo and Romina Ruiz-Goiriena / Associated Press Thousands of indigenous Guatemalans shouted in anger Friday and some threw themselves at the coffins of six local people who were shot to death during a protest over electricity prices and educational...
Women gather in Guatemala to organize against devastating megaprojects
In Guatemala, the policy of enclaves and extraction of natural resources fomented by the current development model and by the transnational corporations has a tremendous impact on the life of the communities, particularly on indigenous peoples and women.
With the aim of sharing experiences and analysis among women who lead organizing in defense of rights to land, territory and natural resources in Guatemala, multiple organizations held the national meeting “Women in Defense of of Water, Life and Territory.”