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Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (30, 39).pdf
Construction of the Ralco power plant on the Upper Biobío river in Chile threatens to topple the river's fragile ecology and cut off vital access to water for nearby Pehuenche communities. A campaign to stop the project is underway, but faces…

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (29).pdf
A damaged dam in Guyana is leaking toxins into Essequibo River.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (28-29).pdf
Lumber companies threaten the ecological balance of Chiloé and the lives of the Huilliche communities. Golden Spring, a multinational company, and others expect to exploit around 180,000 hectares of Chiloé's forests.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (26-27).pdf
Asháninka communities in the Selva Central region of Peru have been forced to leave their lands due to guerilla violence. Mino Eusebio Castro, vice-president of the Inter-Ethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rain Forest, talks about…

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (24-25).pdf
An interview with Leonardo Viteri about a response to negotiations with oil companies attempting to expand their operations into the Pastaza region, the AMAZANGA institute was formed. Since then, it has been on the forefront of new attempts to…

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (22-23).pdf
On April 18, 1995, a series of strikes organized by indigenous peasants and urban teachers forced the central government of Bolivia to declare a state of siege that has lasted three months. Sociologist Silva Rivera Cusicanqui interprets the reasons…

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (21).pdf
On July 21, 1995, the Indigenous Council of Central America (CICA) was founded, which integrates indigenous representatives from Guatemala to Panama, including Belize.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (21).pdf
Indigenous people decide to try and stop the Human Genome Project. This project is collecting and studying genetic structures without the consent of almost extinct populations of indigenous peoples.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (20).pdf
Indigenous peoples in the northern Argentinean Salta region wait for an official land title for the area where they live. They require a joint title for their communities in order to continue to live traditionally and not face threats by neighbor…

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (18-19).pdf
In Brazil a revision of Decree 22/91 could leave indigenous lands in danger.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (16-17).pdf
Indigenous groups met to discuss autonomy, its implications, and how it could be achieved, with a focus on events in Chiapas.

Volume 9 No. 1 & 2 (14-15).pdf
In 1978, the government of Venezuela, bypassing the Ye'Kuana peoples, declared Duida-Murahuaca a National Park and Orinoco-Casiquare a "Biospheric Reserve." According to the Ye'Kuana, government bureaucrats have systematically ignored their…
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