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The killing and torture of indigenous peoples en the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta has been condemned by Amnesty International.

For the first time in history, indigenous peoples form part of the United Nations.

Toxic chemicals produced from Texaco oil operations near the Napo River have made it a danger to indigenous communities.

Two Ecuadorean win the Goldman Environment Prize for their work in the Equatorial Amazon .

Miskitos are endangered by the physical side effects of the equipment needed to keep pace with the growing lobster industry.

Indigenous communities in Venezuela demand that their rights be included in the reformation of the constitution.

Indigenous leaders in Colombia have been under attack and subject to disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and even murder due to their struggle for rights granted to them in the Constitution.

CONDEG member Marco Choco Darnas was detained by soldiers on his way to Guatemala City.

Answering the call for nation-wide mobilization in Mexico following the Zapatista uprising, the State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas (CEOIC) marched to and occupied the public plaza in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas demanding territory,…