Garífuna Communities Face Forced Displacement in Honduras
A business-friendly agro-industry law, implemented by the country’s new right-wing government, is intensifying pressure on Garífuna land.
Sarhuapa Willakuynin: Stories and Songs of Sarhua (Review)
In their book, the community of Sarhua and the Puriyninchik Association create a vital collection of Sarhuina history, memory, and daily life.
The Battle Over a Proposed Pipeline in Mexico’s Gulf of California
The livelihoods of local fishing villages and the Indigenous Comcáac community are under threat from a proposed energy project in the Gulf of California, despite their protests.
The Violent Legacies Haunting Contemporary Guatemala
The unchecked power of multinational corporations, state-criminal networks, and legacies of genocide against Indigenous communities continue to fuel violence against public figures in the country.
Impunity and the Permanent Coup in Peru
A massacre in a peripheral area of Peru highlights how the state has built a system that perpetuates impunity.
The Amazon’s Invisible Crisis: How Environmental Crime Is Reshaping Humanitarian Emergencies
As environmental crimes threaten Indigenous communities in the Amazon, their struggles are ignored by a humanitarian system that has rendered such emergencies invisible.
At a Historic Conference, Frontline Groups Push for a Just Transition
Though the First Conference on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels is a historic achievement, movement organizers question if it will create needed pathways toward a just transition.
A Political Turn in Honduras Endangers Maya Chorti Culture
Recent elections in Honduras have returned right-wing leadership to power, with immediate implications for the autonomy of Indigenous communities.
Lessons from the Zapatistas: From Armed Insurgency to People’s Autonomy (Review)
A new book summarizes nearly 30 years of Zapatista political activity, tracing the construction of Mayan self-governance, unpacking the insurgency’s “critical theory,” and drawing lessons for the present.
Megaproyectos y la reconfiguración de la frontera sur de México
El nexos entre la externalización de las políticas de migración y grandes proyectos militarizados en el corredor migratorio mas grande del mundo.
Argentina’s Glaciers are Under Threat
As the country’s far-right government attempts to undo groundbreaking legislation that has protected glaciers for 15 years, activists are fighting back.
In His Father’s Name, an Indigenous Man Takes on the Government for Abuses at the Krenak Reformatory...
An Indigenous man in Brazil endured torture and forced labor for 19 months in a dictatorship “concentration camp”. Fifty-five years later, his son seeks justice.
