Category: Global Exchange
Egunkaria’s Editorial Board Acquitted of Terrorism 7 Years After the Basque Newspaper Shut Down
The Spanish ‘Audiencia Nacional’ even questions whether the shutdown was made in accordance to Constitutional law – Most of Basque parties have called for the journalists, the editorial board and…
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CLIMATE CHANGE: From Copenhagen to Cochabamba
A different way of fighting global warming will be tried out in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba when government representatives and thousands of activists gather for the World People's…
Read moreAmericas Bloc Excluding US and Canada Agreed
Latin American and Caribbean nations have agreed to set up a new regional body without the US and Canada.
Read moreIndigenous Groups Left Out of Arctic Leaders’ Summit
Arctic indigenous groups are criticizing Canada’s decision to leave them out of an upcoming meeting of Arctic nations in Quebec next month.
Read moreInter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hear Hul’qumi’num Land Claim
A coalition of First Nations groups has taken its human rights complaint against the government of Canada into the international arena where the state will be required to defend its…
Read moreOfficial Status for Catalan in the EU is a Must, Catalan Government Says
Vice-President of Catalonia Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira invited the representatives of the EU state members to reflect on 'the anomaly' of excluding Catalan from the languages with official status in Europe ·…
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Putting Irish Unity on the Agenda
A conference to open the debate. With plenaries, seminars and discussions Initial speakers include: Gerry Adams MP, President of Sinn Féin | Diane Abbott MP | David Adams, Irish Times…
Read moreBOLIVIA: Native People Take First Steps Towards Self-Government
Indigenous people, who make up more than 60 percent of the population in Bolivia, South America’s poorest country, are taking their first steps towards self-government under their own cultural traditions…
Read moreARGENTINA: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything – except the sun. Living on arid land thousands of metres above sea…
Read moreChief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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