In September 2019, the UN Environment Programme will honour Champions of the Earth, outstanding environmental leaders from the public and private sectors, and from civil society who have had a transformative positive impact on the environment.
El 13 de septiembre del año 2017, hoy hace 12 años, en Nueva York, fue adoptada la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas Sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas. Esta declaración tiene como predecesoras a la Convención 169 de la OIT y la Convención 107.
Desde el 4 de septiembre, 22 municipios en el nororiente de Guatemala han sido militarizados por el presidente de derecha Jimmy Morales después de declarar Estado de Sitio en la región mayoritariamente Indígena del país por un período de 30 días. Un Estado de Sitio suspende los derechos civiles, incluida la libertad de acción, la libertad de movimiento, el derecho de reunión y manifestación, portar armas, y apoya las detenciones legales y los interrogatorios de detenidos y presos, poniendo en riesgo la libertad, la seguridad, la vida y la paz del habitantes de las zonas afectadas.
Since September 4, 2019, 22 municipalities in Eastern Guatemala have been militarized by right-wing president Jimmy Morales after declaring a “state of siege” or martial law in the largely Indigenous region of the country, for a minimum period of 30 days. A state of siege suspends civil rights including freedom of action, freedom of movement, right to assembly and demonstration, carrying of arms, and supports legal detentions and interrogations of detainees and prisoners, putting at risk the freedom, security, life and peace of the inhabitants of the affected areas.
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Agnes Portalewska
agnes@cs.org, 617-441-5400
Para lanzamiento inmediato
Contacto: Agnes Portalewska
agnes@cs.org, 617-441-5400
Estimada comunidad de Cultural Survival:
En nombre de la Junta Directiva, me complace anunciar que Galina Angarova se unirá a Cultural Survival como nuestra nueva Directora Ejecutiva, con sede en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco.
Dear Cultural Survival community,
On behalf of the board of directors, I am delighted to announce that Galina Angarova will be joining Cultural Survival as our new executive director. She will be based out of the San Francisco Bay Area.
As currently written, EP4 does not set forth a strong risk management framework to provide a dynamic starting place from which [financial institutions] can build better and more responsive social and environmental screening processes… the Equator Principles – if not further revised – can no longer be relied upon as a proxy for responsible and sustainable project finance.
By Chris Swartz
On August 19 and 20, 2019, the United States saw its first ever Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa. There, Tribal leaders and Native organizers, including Native youth, were able to ask the nine candidates questions concerning topics such as the climate crisis, missing and murdered Indigenous women, and continuous government neglect of Native American peoples. Each candidate was individually questioned by a panel of six to eight panelists, in front of an audience of members from different Tribal Nations across the country.
Reconocimiento de tierra
Reconocemos que nuestra sede está en la tierra de Massachusetts, en Cambridge, MA, y agradecemos a los administradores Indígenas pasados, actuales y futuros de este territorio.
