South America
Ecuador's government announced plans at the country's premier oil and gas summit this month to again issue a tender to drill for remote Amazon oil blocks.
Willan Gualinga first stepped onto a stage in his home community of Sarayaku, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, in the province of Pastaza. He recalls his hands sweating, his body trembling, and his mouth fre...
Brazilian environmentalists have sounded the alarm on land issues affecting Indigenous people after the direction of political discourse following recent national election results.
Indigenous voices of South America have demonstrated a range of activism and advocacy instruments and strategies to protect the Amazon rainforest and their territories.
Indigenous communities living in and around the epicentre of Colombia's devastating earthquake on Monday have been left in disarray. It is estimated 132 Colombians have lost their lives throughout the...
The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who have recovered their once lost territory inside the Brazilian border with Peru from "settlers" more than three decades ago, are under attack again.
The Bolivian national government has declared a state of emergency over ongoing protests led by Indigenous people including farmers throughout the country.
Military and law enforcement have clashed with demonstrators led by predominantly Indigenous protesters amid an attempt to clear roadways leading into the Bolivian capital, La Paz, which had been bloc...