Piaroa International News

News feed developed based on Google News about the Piaroa People of the Venezuelan states of Bolivar, the Indigenous State of Amazonas and the state of Vichada in Colombia in South America. The indigenous Piaroa are represented as an autonomous fourth-world decentralized cultural nation based in a peaceful anarchy society, currently forming a government to protect their territory.

News from International Sources about the Huottuja (Piaroa)

International news today is best sourced from the social media, this feed is based articles from Google News. You can also check our blog for reprints of some of the older archived information created online or our Resources Page.

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A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous womenVenezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to make ends meet, and provide a haven from violence.

Binational indigenous peoples on the Colombian–Venezuelan border: unrecognised fundamental rights | Humanitarian Practice NetworkAround 20 indigenous peoples straddle the 2,219-kilometre border between Colombia and Venezuela. These groups occupy border territories that pre-date the current demarcation; their semi-nomadic culture is based on transit of the border according to cultural patterns of mobility and occupation

Venezuela: Mining Destroys Lives of Indigenous CommunitiesMining operations in the southern Venezuelan states of Bolívar and Amazonas, with the support of the Nicolás Maduro regime, represent the greatest threat to the human rights, habitat, cultures, and territories of indigenous populations, global news agency IPS Noticias reported.

Unsustainable Human Activity Pushing Species to Extinction1 out of every 5 people around the world depend on wild species for food and income

Hundreds of hectares of pristine rainforest destroyed by illegal mining in Venezuela - MINING.COMA local NGO says that the destruction of Venezuela’s tropical rainforest by illegal miners and armed groups is done with authorities’ consent.

On the Colombian plains, a leader stands up for her people against land theftThis article is a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay’s Latin America (Latam) team and Colombian digital news website Rutas del Conflicto. Ana Villa has traveled dozens of times on the highways of Vichada department in eastern Colombia, in service to her rural community. These trips can take up to 18 hours and cross an extensive savanna […]

Venezuela Indigenous leader’s killing terrifies defenders of Amazon landsVirgilio Trujillo Arana, who led community defense from criminal groups and illegal mining, was gunned down in broad daylight

Small solutions, big impacts: 5 community-based projects tackling climate changeThere are thousands of small-scale, community driven initiatives making a huge difference in people’s lives and contributing to efforts to curb global warming.

National Roundtables of Consultation of Venezuelan Indigenous Peoples 2021: Brazil - BrazilAnalysis in English on Brazil and 1 other country about Education, Food and Nutrition and more; published on 10 Mar 2022 by IACHR and R4V

‘We have advanced, but with much pain’: Q&A with Indigenous leader José Gregorio Díaz MirabalThe Atabapo River, its waters black and flanked by rainforest and mountains, used to be part of an Indigenous territory some 200 years ago, says José Gregorio Díaz Mirabal. Today, it sits at the tri-border region of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. “States have split us, but we are one big family,” says Díaz Mirabal, a […]

Hortimio, the "Lord of the Earth": Always at the Forefront in CataniapoInspired by Wänä'cä, a leader who is mentioned in the ancestral songs of the Huöttöja people, Hortimio Ochoa is the visible face of defense of the Cataniapo hydrographic basin in the Venezuelan state of Amazonas. It is an area subject to increasingly evident pressure associated with mining, deforestation and the incursion of illegal armed groups

Venezuela’s isolated indigenous groups under siege from miners, disease and guerrillasThe Hoti, Yanomami and Piaroa, isolated indigenous groups in Venezuela, are under threat on several fronts

Millions Of Dollars Now Flowing To Indigenous Ecosystem Service Programs In Brazil - Ecosystem MarketplaceThe Brazilian state of Acre has built a comprehensive legal framework to support good land stewardship through payments for ecosystem services (PES). Now they’ve primed the pump with 6.5 million Reais ($2.9 million) to help indigenous people get their PES programs off the ground. More than half of that has already been delivered, and indigenous leaders say they can’t wait to get started.

Huottuja Foundation (Piaroa News) | Protecting the Natural Heritage of the EarthThe sovereign Piaroa people are also known as the Huottuja or De'aruhua, they are from the Indigenous State of the Amazon

The Recruitment of Indigenous People in the Venezuelan Jungle (Spanish)To read the original report, written in Spanish, click here. This report is also availabe in Spanish on ArmandoInfo. In February 2021, the Venezuelan military attacked a FARC dissident camp and a...

The Myth of Responsible Mining Debunked: Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Arc — Weave Newsn 2016, Venezuela’s government designated the Orinoco Mining Arc for extractive activities. What is allegedly envisioned as a development zone, meant to increase the mining revenue of the nation, is in fact an epicenter for human rights violations, illicit mineral extraction and ecocide. However, th

How Carbon Offsetting Can Build a Forest (SSIR)In Colombia’s Selva de Matavén Unified Indigenous Reserve, we can see what the REDD+ financing framework for carbon offsets can mean for the people living in the forests they sustain.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - Globcal International NewsToday’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples presents a unique opportunity to recognize the multifaceted role of indigenous knowledge.

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