Forum for Global Exchange
2008
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Over Three Thousand People From Five Continents Danced and Partied with the EZLN on its 14th Anniversary
January 21, 2008As the final moments of 2007 wound down, over three thousand attendees of the Third Encuentro of the Zapatistas with the People of the World, namedMore -
Guess who wasn't coming to dinner: The first ministers meeting in Ottawa left aboriginal leaders on the outside looking in
January 15, 2008The Canadian government's piecemeal approach to consultation does not respect constitutional norms about the participatory and consultative dimensions of indigenous rights.More -
Papua (Indonesia): Genocide by Demographics
January 15, 2008If present demographic trends continue, West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) will be majority Indonesian (mostly Javanese) Muslim by 2011, and the indigenous Melanesian predominantly Protestant Christian Papuans will be a dwindling 15… more >>More -
BRAZIL: Land Shortage Provokes Murders of Indigenous People
January 15, 2008RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (IPS) - At least 76 indigenous people were murdered in Brazil in 2007, 58 percent more than in 2006. The killings increased the most in the west-central state of Mato Grosso do Sul, where the GuaranMore