On April 22-24, 2020, Native rock musician Robby Romero (Apache) will be one of the headliners of Mother Earth Day Live, a three-day livestream commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, to be held this year as part of efforts to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Laura Hobson Herlihy and Brett Spencer
The year 2020 has not begun favorably for the Indigenous Peoples on the Nicaraguan Caribbean coast. Amidst the impending coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, settler colonists (called colonos) violently attack Indigenous people and invade their rainforest lands. Ten Miskitu and Mayangna leaders and land defenders have been killed since early January.
By Carolyn Smith-Morris
The coronavirus has now arrived in many Indigenous communities. The first case was reported in the Brazilian Amazon a few weeks ago. The Navajo Nation is grappling with a surge of cases. The disproportionate risk for COVID-19 infection and related harms suffered by Indigenous and minority communities has become extreme due to preexisting health conditions and inequalities across the board.
Photo: Sign warning "Use of PPE is obligatory" by oil well sites in Nuevo Andoas, Peru. Photo by Danielle DeLuca
On April 6, 2020, the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples released the following statement:
COVID-19 yet another challenge for Indigenous Peoples
The global reach of the COVID-19 virus affects us all, but some groups will suffer disproportionately and in different ways. Indigenous peoples are such a group.
By Danielle DeLuca
By Minnie Degawan
Now, four months into the worldwide crisis brought about by COVID 19, the situation of Indigenous Peoples is slowly coming to light with the dissemination of reports from different Indigenous organizations. Indigenous Peoples are facing particularly challenging times due to some basic facts including the susceptibility of Indigenous communities to infectious diseases due to their lower immunity and, their lack of, or limited access to information, among others.
Por Bia’ni Madsa' Juárez López, Gerente del Fondo Guardianes de la Tierra
El mundo se encuentra en un momento de crisis ante la pandemia COVID-19 que hasta este momento (3 de abril de 2020, 12:59 pm CT) contabiliza 1,066,706 personas contagiadas en 181 países, con un impacto de 56,767 personas fallecidas. Esta crisis ha tenido grandes implicaciones que no son exclusivamente médicas. Aumento en el desempleo, baja en la producción, escasez y encarecimiento de productos básicos son algunos de los mayores ejemplos.
By Bia’ni Madsa' Juárez López, Keepers of the Earth Fund Manager
En 1948, la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud declaró que cada 7 de abril se conmemore el Día Mundial de la Salud por la necesidad de garantizar el acceso a servicios públicos de salud para toda la población sin importar las condiciones económicas de las personas. El derecho a la salud es un derecho básico de todos los humanos, y también, de los Pueblos Indígenas.
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