indigenous rights

February 7, 2025
Malvika Gupta

Leonidas Iza, Ecuador’s presidential candidate with the Indigenous-aligned Pachakutik political movement, outlines his vision for governing a Plurinational State.

February 6, 2025
Caio Fernandes Barbosa

Through storytelling and analysis, Blanc’s book tells an interior history of Brazil by recounting the political initiatives and legacy of the Prestes Column.

January 8, 2025
Clarissa Levy, Agência Pública

In 2022, Guyana became the first country in the world to issue carbon credits on a national scale. Indigenous people say they were excluded from the negotiations and criticize the loss of autonomy in their territories. 

December 16, 2024
Carlota McAllister

Guatemala and Israel boast a long friendship dating to the formation of the Zionist state. Their shared histories of violence against Mayas and Palestinians bely each state’s claims to liberation.

November 22, 2024

[CLOSED] NACLA is currently accepting proposals for an issue on sites of knowledge production in Central America and the diaspora. Send your pitches by December 13. 

October 25, 2024
Madeleine Wattenbarger

Violence is on the rise in Zapatista territory. As an Indigenous “peacemaker” becomes the latest victim, communities call for justice, not militarization.

October 16, 2024
Becki Marcus

A draft health standard puts the labor and livelihoods of traditional midwives at risk. A network of autonomous midwives calls for an intercultural and intersectional approach to reproductive health care.

October 7, 2024
Sabrina Fernandes

As blazes set new records, it is important to denormalize the framing of forest destruction as a simple natural cycle, detached from criminal activity, intentional deforestation, economic interests, and climate change.

October 3, 2024
Susan Helen Ellison

By centering Indigenous women’s lived experiences, Maclean’s book presents a gendered analysis of the pluri-economy under MAS leadership in Bolivia.

September 20, 2024
Giovanni Batz

Ancestral authorities played a decisive role in counteracting a right-wing backlash. In their vision for liberation, alternatives are built from the grassroots, regardless of the government in power.

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