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  • Peru: Rights of Nature Legislation Debated in Congress, Indigenous Women Call for Action

    SOURCE: Originally published by SERVINDI, translated to English by Awasqa. The National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru (ONAMIAP) held a sit-in to demand the approval of the bill that seeks to recognize the rights of Mother Nature. Following a call for action by the ONAMIAP, people gathered Monday morning [May 31]…

  • Peruvian Rainforest Is the Wampís Natural Hospital

    FROM THE EDITORS: At the beginning of the pandemic, several states opted to declare a state of emergency as a precautionary measure aimed at addressing the emergency. The indigenous organizations of the Wampís Nation in the Peruvian Amazon document that the measures in that country have not only been ineffective but have also generated a…

  • Perú: 11 Years After “Baguazo” Massacre, A Call for Justice

    In 2009, right in the middle of the Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United States, and as part of the government’s strategy to bypass the legislative branch, the president of Peru Alan Garcia, issued a series of decrees that “facilitated” mining and oil extraction in indigenous territories. This, in fact, led to the cancellation…

    Singing Hip Hop in Native Languages to Reclaim Identities

    Musical expressions are liberating and help build resilience. Some musical expressions have managed to unleash social change and others, to shape identities and resistance, but above all music is contributing significantly to keeping Native languages ​​and expressions alive. Indigenous languages ​​are living, active languages ​​that grow and are renewed, for example, when young people take…