Indigenous Peoples

The federal government has made some efforts to reduce the violence, but there is a long way to go before indigenous women are afforded their full civil rights.

The recognition of indigenous peoples' “ownership” of land in some Latin American countries has proved to be a disguised path to capitalist exploitation.

Intercontinental Cry founding editor John

With a rise in the number of Latin American indigenous groups drawing legal boundaries around their territories, neoliberal governments are attempting to grant access to transnational corporations to indigenous …

The Mayan People's Council, known as CPO, declared a national strike in support of, and in solidarity with, the Mayan people of Guatemala.

While some of these sixty five million people may eat hot dogs and watch fireworks, they are left out of the July 4 promise of life, liberty and the …

Native peoples like the Mapuche lack constitutional recognition in Chile and have engaged in confrontation with the authorities.

The Zapatista "struggle is our struggle, everywhere, in every city, in every country of the world. We are in a very difficult moment, in a terrible moment of humankind, …

It is apparent that in the centuries that have since passed, the indigenous peoples of the Andes such as those in Andahuaylillas were not necessarily persuaded towards what was …

More than 30,000 members of the Mayagna indigenous community are in danger of disappearing, along with the rainforest which is their home in Nicaragua.