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Amazon Indians Win Case Against Illegal Mining, Logging in Peru
September 29, 2012 | by Survival International | Latino Daily News
A small community of Indians from the Peruvian Amazon has won a court case with potentially far-reaching implications for indigenous land rights in the country. continue reading »
Amazon Indians in Brazil Burn Down Local Police Station
July 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Some 60 indigenous people set fire to a police station in the northern Brazilian town of Jacareacanga, the government of Para state said Tuesday. continue reading »
Court Rules Amazon Indians Not Affected by Dam Construction
November 10, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Brazilian federal court gave the green light for construction of the controversial Belo Monte dam, ruling it will not directly affect any Amazon Indian communities. continue reading »
Bolivian Evo Morales Cancels Controversial Amazon Highway
October 23, 2011 | by Yahoo News | Latino Daily News
As 2,000 or more Amazonian Indians made their way through Bolivia to the capital of La Paz to meet with President Evo Morales on a controversial highway, he announced he was scraping the whole project. continue reading »
Violent Attacks on Brazil’s Indigenous Indians Being Reported as They Claim Ancestral Land
September 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Survival International has received reports that truckloads of armed men are violently driving Brazil’s Guarani from their land, leaving them in fear of their lives. continue reading »
Panama to Improve Health Services in Indigenous and Rural Areas
September 2, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Panama will revamp its primary health care system and improve maternal, neonatal and chronic disease care with a loan of up to $50 million from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Peru’s Discloses Plans to Open ‘Uncontacted Tribes’ Land to Oil Companies
July 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peru’s Indian Affairs Department has revealed plans to open up uncontacted tribes’ reserves to oil companies – just days before the country’s new government takes office. continue reading »
