Colombian oil company to enter uncontacted tribes' land
Colombia’s state oil company will enter territory inhabited by some of the world’s last uncontacted Indians in Peru under an agreement reached this week.
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Missionary film leads to people 'hating Indians and wishing them dead'
To mark the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21, Survival is accusing the makers of a controversial film of inciting racial hatred against Brazilian Indians.
New report confirms uncontacted tribe has been fleeing to Brazil
Survival confirms that some of the last uncontacted Indians are fleeing from Peru to Brazil to escape illegal logging
Indians say they will not allow Brazilian company to invade their land
Representatives from one hundred Indigenous communities in northern Peru have said they will not allow Brazilian company Petrobras to invade their land to explore for oil.
Controversy over election of Indigenous minister
A leading government minister has rejected the election of an Indigenous man as Paraguay’s new Minister of Indigenous Affairs.
'Protect uncontacted tribe's land!' say local groups
A desperate plea for the protection of uncontacted Indians’ land in western Paraguay has been issued by nine local organisations after round-table talks sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme.
Peru's great 'hope' has oil income frozen in Ecuador
The French company tipped to transform Peru’s economy is having its income from oil revenues frozen in neighbouring Ecuador, it has been announced.
Commonwealth Day: 'utter' and 'shameful' failure for Indigenous peoples
Only four members of the whole UN voted against the Declaration on Indigenous Rights in 2007: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA. Three are members of the Commonwealth.