Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spill

Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico

Highlighted words: Plurinational State and Intercultural focus, New Constitution, Continuers of the Amauta José Carlos Mariátegui, José Gabriel Condorcanqui, Micaela Bastidas, cosmovisión andino-amazónico, liberal, humanist, and socialist movements

They're on opposite sides politically

Keiko Fujimori is running as a far-right, corporate, tough-on-crime candidate

Roberto Sánchez, part of the leftist party Together For Peru, calls for a new constitution, socialism, nationalizing Peru's mineral resources, and Native philosophy in politics 2/2

Presidential Elsctions Peru 2026 Keiko Fujimori 17.04% Roberto Sánchez 12.07% Rafael López Aliaga 11.85%

News update: With 91% of the votes counted, the leftist Roberto Sánchez has reached 2nd place in the Peruvian elections with the rural vote! 🇵🇪

The elections seem set for a run-off between Sánchez, a supporter of jailed leftist president Pedro Castillo, and far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori. 1/2

Peruvian Election Resukts currently: Keiko Fujimori (Popular Force) 16.96%, Rafael López Aliaga (Popular Renovation) 14.53%....

Being a Latin American leftist can be so tiring sometimes

Tex: Pedro Castillo Iibertad; Roberto Sanchez Presidente por una nueva constitución

Text Alianza Electoral: Cierra de Campaña Gran Pasacalle En Cusco... Ronald Atencio Presidente, Nueva Constitución, Nuevo Rumbo

Peru's presidential elections are today and you should know Juntos por el Perú (JP) and Venceremos

Why?

They're the only 2 serious parties for a new plurinational constitution to support Indigenous rights, nationalize Peru's natural resources, and end the Fujimori family's influence 🇵🇪

A flag of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy flies outside a building of the Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center in Onchiota, New York. The center recently acquired 600 acres of traditional Mohawk homelands.

Screenshot of article Indigenous group acquires 600-acre parcel in Adirondack Park with video of green Adirondack forest.

The Haudenosaunee regained 600 acres of land back!

The Six Narions Iroquois center run by David Fadden, a Mohawk citizen, acquired the land from Paul Smith's College in New York

The goal is to restore the local ecosystem, build a youth camp, and enforce the land's rules in English and Mohawk

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A Joint Government Board from the INPI highlights the approval of the Constitutional Reform on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Mexicans

🇲🇽: The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (INPI) approves the reform to article 2 of the constitution. In their 4th meeting, changed their statute to align with article 2. Adelfo Regino Montes (Mixe) stated that this will help the INPI provide funds and autonomy for Native and Afro-Mexicans.

The prosecution in the case Golpe de Estado I against Camacho and Pumari enters its final phase - Ahora El Pueblo

🇧🇴: Trial against coup leaders in Bolivia in its final part! Final arguments will be made in the case “Golpe de Estado I” against Fernando Camacho & Marco Pumari for organizing the coup against Native pres Evo Morales. The govt wants a guilty verdict to set a precedent. The case began on 17 Oct 2024

Disappearance of 4 Afro-Ecuadorian children after detention by military has sparked mass indignation - People's Dispatch

🇪🇨: Black and Native Ecuadorians mourned. 4 Black children in Guayaquil, Ecuador, were detained and unalived by 16 military officers as part of President Noboa’s war on gangs. Their bodies were found burned. Protests were held outside the Prosecutor’s office demanding justice for the four children.

Juliaca a dos años de una histórica masacre - Ojo Público

🇵🇪: Natives mourned a massacre led by the Peruvian gov’t. The Association of Martyrs and Victims of January 9th led a 3 day protest after 2 years of a massacre of 19 Indigenous people in Juliaca, Puno. They were protesting a coup against Pres. Pedro Castillo. A massacre was also done in Ayacucho.

Government authorize hiring 1900 temporary civil servants to ensure protection of Indigenous lands - Mongabay News

🇧🇷: President Lula da Silva is sending over 1900 civil servants to protect Indigenous peoples from Brazilian settlers. The move done by the gov’t FUNAI hires these temporary workers to strengthen court cases in favor of Natives such as in Munduruku, Pará, which has seen a rise of illegal mining

Democracy Now - "We have a Territories and Colonies Problem" Del. Plaskett Blasts Silencing of 4 Million US Citizens

US: Congress told it has a “colonies problem”. Virgin Islands delegate Stacey Plaskett blasted Congress after her and other territory delegates were denied a vote, then her mike was abruptly cut. People in US colonies or “territories” like Puerto Rico, Guam, & Virgin Islands have less voting rights

Feds Back Shinnecock Land Rights, possibly derailing state and local lawsuits - Native News Online Billboard saying " Welcome to the Shinnecock Indian Nation Restricted Fee Aboriginal Territory 18 USC 1151 "Indian Country"

US: Land Back victory for Shinnecock Indian Nation! The Bureau of Indian Affairs designated the 104 acres known as Westwoods as tribal land that denies local and state control over Shinnecock sovereignty. This may overturn a NY state court ruling against a tribal billboard saying “Indian Country”

Shinnecock protestors and allies arguing for the protection of Indigenous shinnecock lands holding placards and the flag of the tribe

This is the Indigenous news you haven't heard about from across Abya Yala (The Americas): 12 Jan 2025 🌎

California tribe becomes the furst to manage land with National Park Service: Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken during the gold rush, will get 125 acres returned after it was stolen in the mid-1800s. Associated Press Wed 20 Mar 2024

Some good Indigenous news! The Yurok Tribe of California will get 125 acres of its #landback and be the 1st US tribe to co-manage it with the National Park Service. The sacred land, stoIen to extract redwood trees and gold, will now be used by the Yurok for ceremony and environmental education

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🇭🇳: Natives in Honduras say they’ll keep fighting a maximum security prison in 2025. After a month of protest, the Miskito people say they’re united in preventing the prison’s construction on their land. Miskito leader Mirna Wood stated they will go to the capital Tegucigalpa to increase pressure.

2 officers chargwd for the death of a soldier and detention of an Indigenous leader in Colombia - Infobae news

🇨🇴: 2 Police officers are charged with unaliving a soldier and illegally detaining a Native leader. The acts which occurred on 27 Feb saw the offices use excessive force and the Indigenous leader Luis Evelio Rodríguez’s rights violated. Colombia’s Prosecutor Office will now take both to court.

Following attacks recieved due to photos of her vacation in Paris, Indigenous senator Martha Peralta proposed exporting Wayuu shawls to Europe: She called textile weavers and artists to a meeting - Infobae news

🇨🇴: After racist attacks for her trip to Paris, Colombian Senator Martha Peralta counter attacked saying she’ll take Native fashion to Paris. The Wayuu leader called on artisans and designers to meet with the gov’t to popularize Wayuu fashion in Paris. Pres. Petro supports the plan.

President Arce (center) calls for unity and reaffirms his work for an industrialized Bolivia - Ahora El Pueblo

🇧🇴: Bolivia’s govt and Indigenous ministers call for unity this new year. President Luis Arce VP David Choquehuanca, Indigenous minister Esperanza Guevara, among others, call for lithium industrialization, Native agriculture sovereignty, and anti-imperialism on Bolivia’s 200 yr anniversary (1825).

"In 10 years we may cease to exist': rising seas and influx of tourists threaten to engulf Panama Island - Paul Boyer (The Guardian)

🇵🇦: Natives threatened with extinction in Panamá. The Guna people face climate changes, tourism, & resource extraction, threatening their existence on their islands. 300 were already displaced from Gardi Sugdub island due to rising sea levels. The Guna were the ones who coined the term Abya Yala.

Video of HR 1101 Lumbee Fairness Act with a background of the Capitol building complex

US: Federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe passes the House of Representatives! The Lumbee Fairness Act or H.R.1101, which raises Lumbees from state to federal recognition, was voted by the House in a vote of 311 to 96. Now the senate must approve the bill for Pres. Biden to sign it into law.

Mexican Government gives the University of the Yaqui People for a future with identity, culture and dignity

🇲🇽: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum just gave an Indigenous nation a university. Sheinbaum and Yaqui representatives inaugurated the University of the Yaqui People in Sonora with 356 students accepted. This is part of the reform of constitution article 2 that now recognizes Indigenous autonomy.

A Yaqui engaging in a traditional dance with a replica of a deer with ribbons on the top

This is the Indigenous news you haven't heard about from across Abya Yala (The Americas): 03 Jan 2025 🪶

Red and Gold flyer for New Amuata classes with Indigenous Quechua-Aymara symbolism - linkin.bio/newamauta

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Quiché: autoridades indígenas reforzaron la unidad y la esperanza para sus comunidades - Prensa Comunitaria

🇬🇹: The New Year means Mayan officials have new elected leaders! Communities in Quiché, Guatemala, have made New Years the time to celebrate traditions like the Molo’m festivity and to reaffirm their unity by changing their communal leaders, including in Xesic Tercero, Tzabal, and Salquil Grande.

Predicciones para 2025: lo que dicen chamaes peruanos para EEUU y el mundo - Telemundo

🇵🇪: Shamans in Peru reveal prophecies for 2025. Various ‘shamans’ have conducted their annual ocean ceremony to offer prophecies for the new year. Among their prophecies they say nuclear war is possible in 2025 and earthquakes in the US and Mexico. They prayed for peace and us to be with nature.