After almost a decade of resistance, a cautious victory has been declared for a Maya community in Guatemala in their fight against a Spanish hydroelectric company attempting to install a dam on their sacred river.
After almost a decade of resistance, a cautious victory has been declared for a Maya community in Guatemala in their fight against a Spanish hydroelectric company attempting to install a dam on their sacred river.
Cultural Survival joins PAYXAIL YAJAWKONOB' CHUJ, AKATEKO, Q'ANJOB'AL, POPTI' (the traditional government of the Chuj, Akateko, Q’anjob’al, and Popti’ Nations) as well as the International Maya League and E
Introducción por Laura Hobson Herlihy y traducción de la introducción por Sasha Marley
A finales del 2016, un partido político minoritario de denominación indígena, YATAMA, por sus siglas en la lengua miskitu (Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Hijos de la Madre Tierra), logró un triunfo importante en las elecciones generales de Nicaragua, confrontando de forma eficaz al estado totalitario del régimen sandinista.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
