Indians lobby president on uncontacted tribes
Members of fifteen Indigenous organisations have written to Paraguay’s president asking him to save the last uncontacted Indians in the country.
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Guarani demand justice in 'Great Assembly'
Two hundred and fifty Guarani-Kaiowá Indians and their supporters participated in an 'Aty Guasu' or 'Great Assembly' last weekend, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Cattle ranchers clearing land bar entry to government investigators
A Brazilian company illegally destroying the land of Paraguay's last uncontacted Indians has barred government investigators from entering the area.
Survival International targets consultancy firm CO3 over Vedanta
Survival International has targeted corporate social responsibility consultancy CO3 for representing British mining company Vedanta Resources, and is urging CO3 to resign its account in the interest of human rights.
International tribunal tells Brazilian government to halt dam project
The Latin America Water Tribunal has ruled that the Brazilian government should halt plans to dam one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, because of the effects the dams would have on Indigenous people.
Uncontacted tribes’ situation to be investigated
Latin America’s top human rights body has announced it will visit Peru to ‘investigate the situation of uncontacted tribes’ in the country, according to reports.
Bushmen and Survival force De Beers withdrawal from Kalahari reserve
De Beers says it has stopped operations on the land of the Kalahari Bushmen in Botswana because those it consulted did not agree with its plan to explore for diamonds near a Bushman community.
Police shoot Tupinambá Indians
Several Tupinambá Indians in the Brazilian state of Bahia have been shot with rubber bullets, as large numbers of heavily armed federal police entered their community without warning in a conflict over land rights.