Panama President destroys indigenous communities and claims “success”
Indigenous Ngäbe communities living on the banks of the Tabasará River in western Panama are scrambling for their lives as flood water from the Barro Blanco hydroelectric reservoir inundates their houses, schools, farms and...
Guatemala: Appeal court rules against ‘ecocide’ palm oil plantation
Accused of ‘ecocide’ by local communities and environmentalists, Empresa Reforestada de Palma de Petén (REPSA), a Spanish-owned African palm oil company with extensive plantations in the Petén region of Guatemala, has failed to overturn...
Isolated and ignored Naso fear police repression
Concerned by the destructive advance of the Bonyic hydroelectric dam, a group of Naso protestors are now making an urgent plea for international solidarity.
Tensions are mounting in the indigenous Naso territory in Bocas del...
In Defence of the Río Tabasará
There was no breeze or cloud cover, only the clasping heat of the sun and the light percussion of crickets to punctuate the fervent speeches and fighting talk. A chorus of cicadas click, click,...
