Richard B. Alman Proposes New Economic Stimulus Program
Region: New York
07.07.11 – New York, NY – Richard B. Alman, Principal at Recruiter Media, owner of RecruiterNetworks.com, and former V.P. Investments at PaineWebber International/UBS states "We now have 33 states that ar... more
Views: 1540Yanomami Indians seize plane in health protest
Region: Brazil
Yanomami Indians in the Brazilian Amazon have captured an airplane used by health workers, in protest at corruption within the health service. The Yanomami are outraged by the nomination of a new indigenous health coor... more
Views: 1851Tension mounts as Brazilian Indians retake land
Region: Brazil
A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half. The Guarani marched back to their land last week, un... more
Views: 2253WikiLeaks: India’s tribes ‘exploited and abused’
Region: India
American diplomats consider the Indian government ‘unwilling and unable’ to ‘end the exploitation and victimisation’ of the country’s 84 million tribal people according to secret cables rele... more
Views: 1588Ranchers caught red-handed – from space
Region: Paraguay
Wealthy landowners in Paraguay have been caught red-handed after newly-released satellite images showed their startling destruction of almost 4,000 hectares of forest – which is inhabited by uncontacted India... more
Views: 1532Indians take on Amazon loggers
Region: Peru
Peruvian Indians have been forced to set up a guard post to protect an uncontacted Indians’ reserve, after the authorities ignored their repeated pleas for action. The Isconahua reserve on the Peru-Brazil border w... more
Views: 1302Amazon tribe’s unique fishing ritual could be their last
Region: Brazil
The Enawene Nawe tribe of Brazil have begun their unique annual fishing ritual, amid fears that the 80 dams planned for the Juruena river basin are destroying their fish. The tribe’s extraordinary ‘Yã... more
Views: 1897Borneo tribes: 30-year regime ‘has destroyed everything’
Region: Malaysia
Tribespeople in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, say the 30-year rule of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has ‘raped’ their land, destroyed their rainforests and brought ‘hardship and suffering&rsqu... more
Views: 5771SOS to approach High Court & SHRC seeking “Mercy Living” FOR PoK Refugees
Region: India
Jammu, March 13 (Scoop News) – Rajiv Chuni Chairman, SOS International – An Organization for PoK Refugees has said that we have decided to file a petition in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and State H... more
Views: 1270Peru admits timber certificates faked in secret cable
Region: United States
Peru’s government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks. Furthermore, Peru’s government is aware that the il... more
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