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May 21, 2012

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi met with President Obama and the other G8 members along with three other African leaders  on May 19th to discuss food security on the African continent.  On Friday, Obama pledged $3 billion in private-sector pledges to help feed Africa’s poor.  Our campaign

May 14, 2012
The president of Guatemala has declared a state of martial law in the town of Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango, suspending civil liberties as a result of unrest in the community instigated by proposed hydroelectric project "Cambalam."
May 10, 2012

Attacks on the Saudi-owned rice plantation in southwestern Ethiopia left five people dead on April 28, 2012,  including one Pakistani worker and four Ethiopians, with at least another eight people injured.

May 10, 2012

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, Cultural Survival, Living Tongues Institute, National Museum of t

May 10, 2012

With the appointment of a new director, the London-based company GCM Resources is redoubling its efforts to install the Phulbari coal mine in Northern Bangladesh, despite calls by

May 9, 2012

 

May 8, 2012

On May 8, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Uqul Tinamit community radio station, a Cultural Survival Community Radio Program Partner, that serves the Achi Maya village of San Miguel Chicaj, Baja Verapaz was raided by the Guatemalan police and the Ministerio Publico.

May 8, 2012

Cultural Survival congratulates Board Member, Grand Chief Edward John, on his appointment as Chairperson of the 11th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

May 6, 2012

On May 4, 2012, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, concluded his official twelve-day visit to the United States.

April 30, 2012

Pok Hong is an Indigenous Kuy activist from Cambodia who has been a protagonist in the fight to save Prey Lang forest from illegal logging and rubber plantations.  Read the following interview to get to know Hong and why the fate of Prey Lang forest matters.

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