Tag: land

Central America

Indigenous leader slain in Honduras

Berta Cáceres, a prominent indigenous activist in Honduras who last year won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, was slain in her home at La Esperanza village.

The Andes

Colombia: campesinos still under attack

Despite the peace process in Colombia, assassinations continue against leaders of the country's campesino and indigenous communities who stand up to landed interests.

The Andes

Indigenous role seen in FARC demobilization

Leaders of Colombia's indigenous peoples have volunteered to have their autonomous authorities oversee the controversial "demobilization zones" for FARC fighters.

The Andes

Colombia: court protects highlands from mining

Colombia's Constitutional Court overturned provisions of the government's new National Development Plan that allowed mining in the ecologically critical high alpine zones.

The Andes

New post-conflict ‘Plan Colombia’ foreseen

President Juan Manuel Santos meets at the White House with Barack Obama to mark 15 years since the initiation of the Plan Colombia—and discuss a "post-conflict" aid package.

The Andes

Ecuador passes new agrarian reform law

Ecuador's National Assembly approved a Law on Rural Lands and Ancestral Territories—hailed as a new agrarian reform but spurned by indigenous dissidents as insufficient.

North America

Paiute land at issue in Oregon militia showdown

The take-over of federal lands in eastern Oregon by a right-wing militia builds on a rancher land-grab that began when the Paiute Indians were usurped in the 1878 Bannock War.

The Amazon

Brazil: ‘zero deforestation’ push

Greenpeace sent 1.4 million signatures to Brazil's congress demanding a "zero deforestation" law—while cattle and timber barons push a bill to further open indigenous lands.