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Maduro Calls on South America's Indigenous Peoples to Defend Venezuela Against U.S.: 'We Are Indestructible'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro has called on Indigenous peoples across South America to organize "brigades" ready to defend the country against what he described as a growing ...
UNHCR

Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu flee into Venezuela

MARACAIBO, Venezuela, May 21 (UNHCR) - Hundreds of indigenous Wayúu people have sought refuge in north-western Venezuela after fleeing brutal attacks by armed groups in Colombia. The UN refugee agency ...
Grist

Want to go to the UN’s biggest gathering of Indigenous peoples? Here’s how.

The United Nations has opened up a new round of funding to support Indigenous peoples to attend two major convenings in New York City and Geneva next year. The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of ...
NBC News

Why the world's most isolated people are under growing threat

Uncontacted Indigenous tribes are “at the edge of survival” as growing contact by missionaries, miners, criminal gangs and social media influencers spreads diseases and wipes out forests, according to ...
Mongabay

COP26 pledge to support Indigenous & local forest tenure was just met. What was learned?

The $1.7 billion pledge to support Indigenous peoples and local communities’ land rights made at the 2021 U.N. climate conference has been met one year ahead of schedule. Sources told Mongabay that ...