Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Daniela Estrada IDN-InDepth NewsReport SAN FRANCISCO (IDN) – The movement for tribal peoples, Survival International, has raised the alarm that an outbreak of respiratory disease has struck one of the Amazon’s last nomadic tribes – whose numbers have already been decimated by flu and malaria. Some [...]
A Small Indian Tribe Fights a British Giant
March 17, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Devinder Kumar IDN-InDepth NewsReport NEW DELHI (IDN) – A small tribe in India is pitted against a British giant like the proverbial David against Goliath. Some 8,000 members of the Dongria Kondh tribe are resisting a bid by $8 billion worth Vedanta Resources to start digging [...]
Native Women Seek Justice at U.N.
March 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, Mar 2, 2011 (IPS) – The United States is facing international scrutiny for its apparent failure to prosecute criminals who enter indigenous territories to prey on Native women and girls. Between 60 and 80 percent of violent victimisation of Native American women is [...]
Indigenous Peoples Have a New Forum Now
February 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Stefano Colombo IDN-InDepth NewsReport ROME (IDN) – Indigenous peoples comprise one-third of the world’s one billion extreme poor in rural areas. They are among the most vulnerable and marginalized of any group. Spread over 70 countries and representing diverse cultural backgrounds, they share many concerns such as [...]
China Asked to Address Needs of Smallholders and Nomads
January 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Hiroshi Nagai and Taro Ichikawa IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis TOKYO (IDN) – A new report has urged the Chinese authorities to pay heed to the needs of smallholders, who are crucial to food security, and devote attention to herding communities that put a halt to the degradation of [...]
A Janus View of Guatemala
December 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Julio Godoy http://www.indepthnews.net/ GUATEMALA CITY (IDN) – Something extraordinary happened in Guatemala City on December 2: Jean Marie Simon’s historic photos of the crimes committed by the Guatemalan army during the civil war’s peak years that exsanguinated the Central American country between 1979 and 1983, were shown [...]
MEXICO: Oaxaca Voters Hope for Change
December 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Pastrana OAXACA, Mexico, Dec 1, 2010 (IPS) – "A dark chapter has come to a close in the history of Oaxaca. A chapter that must never again be repeated," said lawmaker Flavio Sosa, the head of the social movement that brought this southern Mexican state to [...]
US-MEXICO: Award Honours Rights Defenders in "War Against the Poor"
November 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Matthew O. Berger WASHINGTON, Nov 20, 2010 (IPS) – Ines Fernandez and Valentina Rosendo, two indigenous Me’phaa women from the Mexican state of Guerrero, were raped and tortured by members of the Mexican Army in 2002. Since then, they have been subject to a constant stream of [...]
Green Economy Needs Respect for Indigenous Rights
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Haider Rizvi UNITED NATIONS, May 21, 2011 (IPS) – Nations must pay more than lip service to the idea of indigenous rights if they hope to seriously address problems like species loss and climate change, say delegates at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, a U.N. body [...]