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Read more about We will not be silenced: Indigenous Peoples Triumph in Nicaraguan Elections-- A Statement by Brooklyn Rivera

At the end of 2016, a small Indigenous political party, Yatama (Yapta Tasbi Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Sons of Mother Earth), achieved a victory in the Nicaraguan general elections and effectively confronted the dictatorial Sandinista state.

Read more about #SOSPuebloShuar: Respect the Right to Free, Prior, Informed Consent in Ecuador

Cultural Survival condemns the action of of the Ecuadorian government in the raiding of the Indigenous Shuar federation FICSH and the arbitrary detention of its president Agustin Wachapa.

Read more about Organized by Indigenous Values: Radio Nimlajacoc

In October, I visited the the Q’eqchi’ community of Nimlajacoc to support them in their application for funds from Cultural Survival’s Community Media Grants Project, what I found was an organized community who are a model of Indigenous resilience.

Read more about 10 years after Phulbari Massacre, Open Pit Coal Mine in Bangladesh Remains Stalled

On Thursday, December 15th Bangladeshi protesters from the Phulbari region were joined by climate activists in London outside of the annual general shareholders meeting of Global Coal Management (GCM) Resources Plc, a British mining company who wants to build a massive open cast coal mine by forcibly displacing 130,000 people in Phulbari, Bangladesh.

Read more about Somerville for Standing Rock!

Hosted by Massachusetts Sierra Club and co-hosted by Cultural Survival, join us in Somerville for an action-inspired concert in solidarity with and support of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and all those standing in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project.

Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 12 PM - 4 PM
Aeronaut Brewing Company
14 Tyler St,
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143

Read more about Cultural Survival Announces New Strengthening Indigenous Women’s Leadership in Community Radio Initiative

Cultural Survival is pleased to announce the launch of our Strengthening Indigenous Women’s Leadership in Community Radio Initiative. The initiative will support a cohort of Indigenous women in Central America through a series of training and network-building workshops enabling participants to gain leadership and practical skills in investigative journalism, community radio production, and technical equipment operation.

Read more about 3ra Reelección de Daniel Ortega: Pueblos Indígenas en Nicaragua Exigen Ser Escuchados

A tan sólo unos días de que Daniel Ortega vuelva a coronarse Presidente de Nicaragua por tercera vez consecutiva, y esta vez acompañado nada más y nada menos que de su esposa, Rosario Murillo como vicepresidenta, y de quien se piensa y se dice es la que lleva las riendas del poder.

Read more about Ortega Re-elected for Third Term: Indigenous Peoples in Nicaragua Demand Respect for International Indigenous Rights

Daniel Ortega will continue in his third consecutive term as President of Nicaragua after being reelected on November 6, 2016, this time accompanied by his wife, Rosario Murillo, as his Vice-President.

Read more about Cultural Survival’s Community Media Grants Project Announces First Recipient, Radio Xyaab’ Tzuul Taq’a

Cultural Survival and Toronto based WACC are pleased to announce the first grantee of our Indigenous Community Radio Grants Project partnership. A new radio start up, Radio Xyaab’ Tzuul Taq’a (“Voice of the Mountains” in Q’eqchi) of the Maya Q’eqchi community in El Estor, Guatemala was chosen because of the immediate need to strengthen broadcast infrastructure and systems, and the start up’s promise for continued success.

Read more about Indigenous Rights on the Airwaves: December 10th is Human Rights Day

December 10th, 2016 will mark the 68th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. Let's send a message that the struggle for the implementation of the standards proposed in the Declaration of Human Rights continues today in many corners of the world, especially in Indigenous communities, by airing this free series of programs that provides information on how Indigenous people can use UN mechanisms to defend their rights.

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