Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Amantha Perera PERIYAPILLUMALLAI, Sri Lanka, Jul 6 (IPS) – For almost two decades, Athanayakemudiyanselage Punchibanda lived without hope of ever returning here to his native village. The 52-year-old grandfather was forced to leave Periyapillumallai, a village located deep in Sri Lanka’s eastern Batticaloa district, with his family in [...]
BURMA: U.S. Mission’s Meeting with Ethnic Minorities Signals Hope
November 5, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Nov 6 (IPS) – The United States government’s diplomatic foray into military-ruled Burma made early inroads into an area sealed off to United Nations envoys in recent years—meeting the country’s oppressed ethnic minorities. "We met with seven to eight representatives of ethnic minority groups in [...]
