Bolívar state is bursting with biodiversity, breathtaking waterfalls, jungles, and tabletop mountains, known as tepuis. But, mining that can clear and...
Indigenous People
Son diferentes los foráneos que se han adueñado de las tierras ancestrales: sindicatos, guerrilleros, garimpeiros, piratas, FARC, ELN y FANB....
In recent decades, they have suffered from a growing invasion by Brazilian miners, known locally as garimpeiros, who cross the...
The basket is essential for us. Everything we use every day is still being weaved, because we need it. That...
Warao“We in the indigenous community are doing a little poorly because we don’t have work,” Warao cacique (chief) Venancio Narvaez...
Colombian guerrilla groups have advanced into indigenous territory in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas not with violence, but by co-opting,...
Some of them want to work for the miners, others only want to defend their ancestral land, but violence has...
When we talk about the Venezuelan human rights crisis, we don’t often mention the situation of Indigenous peoples. No data,...
Without proper access to water and electricity, many of our indigenous people have had to face the Chinese coronavirus on...
