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Mysterious 6,000-year-old skeletons with never-before-seen DNA rewrites human history
A surprising discovery in the Colombian Andes has uncovered the 6,000-year-old skeletons of a mysterious group of people.
Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous people around the world
The effort to protect the Peruvian Amazon from deforestation related to the cocaine trade was long supported by financial ...
Inside the siege: Venezuelan dissidents tell story of their escape from embassy
For those inside the embassy, the stakes were life or death. They knew what happened to dissidents detained by the intelligence agencies. Torture was routine. Disappearance was possible. “We were on ...
Big firms abandon wind energy plans in Colombia amid regulatory shifts, social issues and grid gaps
Margarita Nieves, director of the Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network, told The Associated Press that despite large ...
Many Venezuelan voters, frustrated and disillusioned, skip election
Venezuelans still reeling from the outcome of last year’s presidential election did not respond Sunday to government calls to ...
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Indigenous delegates at the UN raise alarm on voluntary isolated peoples
In some cases, they are unprotected because states, including Venezuela and Paraguay, don’t recognize them. Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact, also known as PIACI ...
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Indigenous delegates at the UN raise alarm on voluntary isolated peoples
In Venezuela, for example, although NGOs have confirmed four records of Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, the state has not recognized any of them. “[Venezuela] does not appear on the ...
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Indigenous delegates at the U.N. raise alarm on isolated peoples in the Amazon
In Venezuela, for example, although NGOs have confirmed four records of Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation, the state has not recognized any of them. “[Venezuela] does not appear on the ...
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Indigenous protectors of these sacred peaks have kept others out—till now
(Here's why Venezuela's last glacier is about to ... For the Arhuaco and other indigenous peoples, the landscapes, ecosystems, and biodiversity that sustain their lives and cultures are seen ...
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Mount Roraima: The 'lost world' isolated for millions of years that Indigenous people call the 'house of the gods'
Mount Roraima is a plateau with near-vertical sides that sits on the triple border point between Brazil, Venezuela and ... the local Indigenous people. The Pemon believe tepuis to be sacred ...
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Indigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods
Aside from damaging people's homes ... and domestic animals in Indigenous communities, particularly among those coming from neighboring Venezuela. “Because of climate change, there’s been ...
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Indigenous people with HIV 'invisible' in Latin America
Indigenous people affected by HIV say they feel "invisible ... High HIV prevalence (above 5%) was also reported among indigenous communities in Venezuela, Peru and Colombia, with geographical ...