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Electronic Music Alliance Embraces Fight Against Belo Monte Dam

Electronic Music Alliance Embraces Fight Against Belo Monte Dam It's amazing how the universal language of music connects people from different believes, cultures, genders, and colors on one cause – in... April 12, 2012

A Journey for Clean Water

A Journey for Clean Water The years have passed slowly. When Emergildo was a child he saw the Texaco helicopters hovering above the forest canopy and thought... April 11, 2012

Solidarity with Brazilian Social Movements

Solidarity with Brazilian Social Movements Marchers protest against Brazil's backsliding on environmental and human rights policies April 10, 2012

Dilma Government Backsliding on Environment

Dilma Government Backsliding on Environment As Rio+20 nears, Brazil’s Dilma shouts down critics and undermines her case April 6, 2012

The Trial and the Road to Justice

The Trial and the Road to Justice Under the spirited and watchful eye of los afectados por Texaco, more than 200,000 pages of court filings and evidence from the... March 30, 2012

Amid Growing Challenges the Battle Continues to Defend Kayapo Territory

Amid Growing Challenges the Battle Continues to Defend Kayapo Territory Endeavors to demarcate the ancestral indigenous lands known as Kapot Nhinore started 13 years ago, but the process has been foiled by... March 29, 2012

Indigenous Groups Fight for Recognition and Illumination in Peru

Indigenous Groups Fight for Recognition and Illumination in Peru The amazing part of the Corrientes story is not the damage that has been done but that the people have fought back,... March 29, 2012

Ecuador’s Indigenous Peoples Reach Quito After 600-km March for Water, Life, and Dignity

Ecuador's Indigenous Peoples March for Water, Life, and Dignity Timed to arrive with World Water Day, the 15-day march was the first major indigenous mobilization in recent years and an indictment... March 24, 2012

<em>Caveat Emptor</em>: Law Catches Up with Chevron in Brazil

Caveat Emptor: Law Catches Up with Chevron in Brazil Chevron is still pursuing its desperate fight to stonewall the process of justice in Ecuador, but in Brazil the company has found... March 21, 2012

Kayapo Take Struggle to Brasilia

Kayapo Take Struggle to Brasilia For over a month Chief Raoni and the Kayapo have suffered threats and intimidation at the hands of cattle ranchers, illegal settlers... March 20, 2012

A Day in Rumipamba

A Day in Rumipamba There was a Texaco oil spill in Rumipamba back in 1976. 35 years later, the Quichua convinced the state oil company to... March 14, 2012

How Far Would You Go To Save It All?

How Far Would You Go To Save It All? That's the tagline for a new documentary being made about the Yasuni national forest in Ecuador, which has been called "Earth's Eden"... March 13, 2012

It’s Oil for Chocolate

It's Oil for Chocolate Donald Moncayo has acted as the "fixer" for hundreds of journalists over the last decade on what has become known as "the... March 7, 2012

Amazon Indigenous Group Protests Oil Industry Maneuvers

Amazon Indigenous Group Protests Oil Industry Maneuvers Contested law seeks international, government protections March 6, 2012

AIDESEP Visits Washington, DC

AIDESEP Visits Washington, DC An Indigenous Organization's Fight for Community-Based Conservation March 4, 2012

Dignity Incarnate Inside Journey, Ecuador’s Cofán Still Standing Strong Against Chevron March 2, 2012

“Indigenous peoples face horrid state violence. Through you, we stand up to this violence and demand a better future. Thank you for your great work!”