The $20 billion Maya Train project in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico has sparked division among locals, who, while eager for the promised economic benefits and increased tourism revenue, are also deeply concerned about the environmental destruction that will come with the railroad’s construction. The four-year megaproject has eschewed Environmental Impact Assessments and ignored scientists who say the railroad and the trainline will have harmful environmental consequences.
Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabeg) says racism is alive in the USA and it fuels hate towards Indigenous Peoples and Mother Earth, making it easy for radical alt-right arguments to enter into politics and take away any idea of environmental protection and put business first. Now, the current U.S. Administration is supporting pipelines for Enbridge but made promises to help Ojibwe Peoples.
El 20 de febrero de 2019 fue asesinado Samir Flores Soberanes, fundador de la radio comunitaria Amiltizinko donde era comunicador, miembro del Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra y el Agua Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala (FPDTA), defensor del territorio en contra del Proyecto Integral Morelos y promotor de la educación comunitaria y de la autonomía de los Pueblos Indígenas.
For decades, legal challenges have been launched with an underlying goal of undermining Tribal governance and sovereignty across the United States. Last year, in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (2022), the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of its previous landmark ruling in McGirt v.
Estimada Presidenta de la Comisión, Sra. von der Leyen,
Queremos extenderle nuestras felicitaciones por su reciente visita a América Latina, en la que se ha reunido con los Presidentes de Brasil, Argentina, Chile y México.
Apreciamos que la Unión Europea esté comprometida con el fortalecimiento del orden internacional basado en reglas junto a América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), a través, entre otros, del Portal Global promovido durante su última gira por América Latina.
My landlord hasn’t removed the wooden boards from my windows yet. So, every morning I wake up to a dark apartment. It’s disorienting as much as it is a reminder of the darkness that is consuming our island; a darkness that is both literal and figurative. Literal, because half of the island’s power has yet to be restored. Figurative, because economic disparity is palpable (and sickening), especially in this time. This time that is post-disaster.
Cultural Survival continues its work in advancing the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples internationally.
The extractivist growth model for transition minerals has emerged in Latin America in recent years, fueled by a sharp spike in demand for batteries and other technologies for the transition to the so-called “green economy” by industrialized countries and rising superpowers alike.
La noche del 15 de junio de 2023 la Convención Constituyente de la provincia de Jujuy, al norte de Argentina, aprobó una reforma a la Constitución jujeña la cual retrocede gravemente avances logrados a nivel nacional en materia de derechos humanos y de derechos de Pueblos Indígenas, criminalizando además la protesta.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Pahad ni maagaw tayon amin.
My name is Asami from the Ikalahan-Kalanguya cultural community in the Philippines, and I am speaking on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
