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Without electricity or a telephone signal in the vicinity, a community radio station was almost an impossible dream for the Lenca people of Azacualpa, an Indigenous community of Yamaranguila in Intibucá, Honduras, who believed that as an impoverished community, no one would be interested in assisting them in setting up a radio station.

The first Cultural Survival Indigenous Artisan Institute in July 2017 brought four talented artisans from across the world to spend the week between Cultural Survival’s two July Bazaars in workshops, trainings, and cultural exchanges. Throughout the week, they learned valuable skills to improve their sales and marketing and built relationships and connections with other artists and local Indigenous people.

By John McPhaul

In October 2016, a number of Costa Rican Indigenous representatives attended a meeting in the regional hub of Buenos Aires in southern Costa Rica. Called by the government’s Ministry of the Presidency as part of a consultation process, the meeting was an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples to voice their opposition to a giant dam proposed on the Diquis Reservoir that would inundate part of their land.

International non-profit organization Cultural Survival, known locally and worldwide for its work to promote Indigenous Peoples’ rights, will hold its annual Indigenous arts Bazaar in Plymouth for the second year on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 from 11am-6pm at DCR Pilgrim Memorial State Park.
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