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Clinton Claims on Honduran Coup ‘Full of Falsehoods’
In her recent interview with the New York Daily News, Hillary Clinton was asked about policies she was "directly involved in, the coup in Honduras. As you know in 2009, the military overthrew President Zelaya. There was a period there where the OAS [Organization of...
Ngäbe Communities Facing Evictions Call for International Solidarity
By Jennifer Kennedy Originally Published by IntercontinentalCry.org Ngäbe communities in western Panama are calling for support from the international community after officials from the Honduran-owned energy company, GENISA, warn that they will soon be evicted from...
Justice for the Victims of State Violence in Kidapawan, North Cotabato!
IBON International condemns in the strongest terms the violent repression in Kidapawan undertaken by the Philippine National Police (PNP) in response to the occupation by 6,000 unarmed peasants and Lumad tribe-members of the Kidapawan highway to demand food aid and...
Indigenous Peoples Contaminated by Mercury from Illegal Gold Mining
Via PLANT Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples: Research recently carried out by the Brazilian Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA) in 19 Yanomani and Ye'wana villages, has revealed that up to...
EL NIÑO VICTIMS GET BULLETS RATHER THAN SEEDS
From the Coalition Against Land Grabbing: Dear Friends and Supporters, By now, many of us here in the Philippines have already received this tragic news and feel completely demoralized for the killing of three people [two non-indigenous farmers and a member of the...
Six Indigenous Women at the Heart of Fracking Resistance in Argentina
By John Ahni Schertow Six Mapuche women have taken the risk of putting their bodies on the line to stop the drilling rigs from further endangering their community. Indigenous women are central to the continent-wide resistance against extractivism, and the story of...
We Denounce and Resist the Green Economy’s Impacts on Women and Forests
Declaration by the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), March 2016 To Berta Cáceres and the Lenca People, the struggle continues! In March, the world commemorates two important dates: International Women's Day (March 8) and International Day of Forests (March 21). Women...
Indigenous Knowledge Fighting Drought in South Africa
Indian Country Today reports that Indigenous knowledge and modern software are being used in tandem to fight the extensive drought in Southern Africa. The drought has affected large parts of southern Africa including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique,...
Protecting the Seas to Save the Land
Author: John Ahni Schertow Originally published at IntercontinentalCry.org. “Speaking generally I seen oil on the water, oil of some kind, almost every day of my travels. I took very few trips upon which I did not see oil spots or oil glaze on the waters of Terrebonne...
BARAM DAM STOPPED! A VICTORY FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
by Sarah Bardeen, International RiversMarch 24, 2016 A little over two years ago, in October 2013, hundreds of indigenous villagers from the little-known Baram region in Sarawak state, Malaysian Borneo, took a courageous – and some might say foolhardy – stand. In...
Interview with Berta Cáceres: ‘To Fight Against Repression in Honduras is to Fight for Our Whole Continent’
Below is a never-before-published interview with international social movement leader and Honduran indigenous organizer Berta Cáceres, who was assassinated on March 3, 2016. The interview was taken in Havana on September 4, 2009, two months after Honduran President...
WATCH: World Rainforest Movement Asks, “Where Is The Water?”
From World Rainforest Movement: On the occasion of March 21st, International Day of Forests, the FAO launched a spot that addresses the importance of forests for water. The video maintains that “forests are vital for our water supply”and it urges us to take care of...
Gustavo Castro Soto and the Rigged Investigation into Berta Cáceres’ Assassination
By Beverly Bell Originally published on Other Worlds The sole eyewitness to Honduran social movement leader Berta Cáceres’ assassination on March 3, 2016 has gone from being wounded victim to, effectively, political prisoner. Now Gustavo Castro Soto may also be framed...
Indigenous Communities in Guatemala Fight Against the Privatization of Sacred Sites
Excerpted from IntercontinentalCry.org: In recent years, the popular tourist attraction of Semuc Champey in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz has become a point of social conflict for the indigenous Q’eqchi’ Mayan communities surrounding the site. On February...
Stop the destruction of the Ekuri people’s rainforest in Nigeria!
Via Rainforest-Rescue.org: For generations, the Ekuri people have relied completely on their ancestral forest for all of their needs. It provides not only fruits, vegetables and other forest products but also their medicines and shapes their unique culture, language...
Another Environmental Defender Murdered in Guatemala
On March 16, 2016, Walter Méndez Barrios was shot to death in La Cruces, Petén; authorities have not yet announced any arrests for the murder. He was president of the Cooperativa La Lucha and board member of the Asociación de Comunidades Forestales de Petén (ACOFOP)....
WATCH: ‘Synthetic Forests’ Documentary on The Dangers of Genetically Engineered Trees
Produced by Raindancer Media and Earthlinks Inc, ‘Synthetic Forests’ features lead researchers, activists and impacted communities to demonstrate the unknowns and knowns of how GE Trees will devastate ecosystems, forest dependent communities and the climate. This...
13 Maya Villagers Stand Trial in Belize
By Danielle DeLuca, Cultural Survival Thirteen Maya villagers will be standing trial in Belize on March 30th, 2016, under fabricated charges. Like many Indigenous leaders fighting to protect their lands, they are being criminalized for these actions, and may face...
Indigenous Environmental Network and Alaska Native REDOIL Respond to Obama-Trudeau Joint Statement on Climate Change
Washington DC – In a joint statement released last week, President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that their two countries would “play a leadership role internationally in the low carbon global economy over the coming decades.” They...
‘Synthetic Forests’ GE Trees Film Showing Worldwide March 20-26
Produced by Raindancer Media and Earthlinks Inc, 'Synthetic Forests' features lead researchers, activists and impacted communities to demonstrate the unknowns and knowns of how GE Trees will devastate ecosystems, forest dependent communities and the climate. This...