Forum for Global Exchange
2009
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First Victory in the Amazon
June 17, 2009The people in the Amazon are celebrating their victory of the day. Almost two weeks after the bloodshed in the Peruvian Amazon with the government having entered into discussions with the indigenous peoples of the region at least… more >>More -
Activists Urge Obama to Use Trade Pact as Leverage
June 16, 2009The United States government is coming under intense pressure from rights organizations and environmental groups to redefine its trade pact with Peru, a tool that they charge the government in Lima is using to justify oppression… more >>More -
Shell to Pay $15.5 Million to Settle Nigerian Case
June 08, 2009Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in the early 1990s, a striking sum given that the company has denied any wrongdoing.More -
Indigenous Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being
June 06, 2009On March 23, 2009, Kanienkeha (Mohawk) Educator, Author and Activist Gerald Taiaiake Alfred took part in the Simon Ortiz and Labriola Centre Lecture series on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community.More
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Fight Against President Garcia Laws Intensify
June 01, 2009Natives in Peru recently intensified protests theyMore -
42ND BIAFRAN INDEPENDENT ANNIVERSARY DISRUPTED
May 30, 2009Mazi G.S.A. Okoro makes a plea to the world to arise and intervene.Download
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Indigenous Lands Plundered in Oil and Gas Rush
May 20, 2009Leaders of the worldMore