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If Goldcorp cares so much, it should shut down the Marlin mine

You would be hard-pressed to find a gold mine more strongly condemned by the international community than Goldcorp’s Marlin... Read More

Underreported Struggles #46, January 2011

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Botswana Court of Appeal reaffirms San water rights; Iban communities set up three blockades... Read More

End the State of Siege in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala

On December 19, 2010, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a State of Siege in the department of Alta Verapaz... Read More

Underreported Struggles #40, July 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Botswana’s High Court rules against the Kalahari Bushmen; Indigenous Peoples take over Task Force... Read More

Appeal to Investigate Hudbay Minerals Role in Human Rights Violations

This is an appeal from Rights Action, concerning Hudbay Minerals’ alleged role in serious Human Rights Violations of an... Read More

Underreported Struggles #39, June 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Papua New Guinea strips indigenous people of land rights; Mohawk Council rejects proposed mining... Read More

Guatemala says it will suspend Goldcorp’s Marlin mine

The Guatemala government has said that it will suspend Goldcorp’s Marlin mine in San Miguel Ixtahuacán to make way... Read More

Underreported Struggles #38, May 2010

In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Eagle Rock Defenders camp ‘crushed’ by Police; Indigenous People call on FARC, army to... Read More

International Conference: Women, Mining and Human Rights

Interviews and excerpts from the first international conference of its kind in Latin America, “Women, Mining and Human Rights:... Read More

Canada’s Goldcorp to be tried by the Permanent Peoples Tribunal

One of Canada’s most notorious mining companies, Goldcorp, will be tried this week in Madrid, Spain, by the Permanent... Read More

Guatemala must suspend mining operations on Mayan territory

Several Mayan communities and organizations have presented a Constitutional Petition to the government of Guatemala, calling for the immediate... Read More

Goldcorp in Guatemala and the limits of the MDGs

“The Marlin mine has divided our town, harassed protesters, and made us afraid for the health of our families.”... Read More

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It is instructive to see how mental, spiritual and physical health coincide in the indigenous philosophy, while the progressive view remains trapped in a treatment rather than preventive mode. It...
Kia ora, I would like to say unless they, ( those who say no more Full- Blooded Maori), know the whakapapa of every single Maori in Aotearoa, they should just...
Mohawk??I stand and prepared to back my people at any and all cost...
I have worked with, lived with, and been around Copala Triquis for the past 12 years, and have researched extensively the political oppression in teh region - ever since the...
Thank you for your comment, trog69. You might have seen my update http://intercontinentalcry.org/wall-street-tea-party-convergence-19421/ on the story, including a link to a special report by Charles Tanner, titled Take these Tribes Down....
Good afternoon, Mr. Taber. I must admit that part of my astonishment upon reading about this is my complete ignorance that there is a concerted effort to take the rest...
Thank you, David. While it's good that some elected officials are joining environmentalists and tribes in opposing Gateway Pacific Terminal, the Tea Party, AFL-CIO and anti-Indian property rights activists have...
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn comments on proposed coal trains and export terminals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOi4iEsSl_k...

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