[IPSM] Indigenous People Want Power to Veto World Bank Plans

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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience.
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DEVELOPMENT: Indigenous People Want Power to Veto World Bank Plans
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - Indigenous groups are demanding that the World Bank seek their consent -- not just consult them -- before carrying out development programmes on their ancestral lands.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28898

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BOLIVIA: 'New' Monkey a Symbol for Conservation
By José Luis Alcázar*
TARIJA, Bolivia - The discovery in Bolivia of a new species of titi monkey, baptised with the scientific name Callicebus aureipalatti, is a call from nature to humans to take responsibility for the conservation of wildlife areas, say the scientists who identified the ''new'' primate.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28920

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ARGENTINA: First-Ever Permit for Indigenous Community Radio
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - The first operating licence ever granted by the Argentine government to an indigenous community radio station is being hailed as a major step forward in giving a voice to this sector of the population, while posing formidable challenges.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28876

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES-BRAZIL: ''Lula frustrated our expectations''
By Mario Osava*
RIO DE JANEIRO - At age 28, Jecinaldo Barbosa Cabral is leader of an association of Amazonian indigenous organisations, COIAB, the largest group of its kind in Brazil.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28862

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BRAZIL: Boat Brings Health Care and Much More to Remote Communities
By Mario Osava
MANAUS, Brazil - The Zona Franca Verde riverboat is carrying on a longstanding tradition by bringing medical assistance and other public services to isolated communities near the banks of the Amazon River and others that flow into it, which are only accessible by water.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28849

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RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Nasa Indians Demand Urgent Action from UN
By Constanza Vieira
BOGOTA - "The way the justice system used to work, you were innocent until proven guilty. Now it's the other way around," indigenous activist Alfredo Acosta told IPS.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28836

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MEXICO: Yet More Casualties in War on Indigenous Activists
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - The ”war” waged on indigenous environmental activists by loggers in Mexico has claimed the lives of two more victims, including a nine-year-old boy, while local and international non-governmental organisations report continued arbitrary arrests of campesinos struggling to protect the forests.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28792

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DEVELOPMENT: Indigenous People Say Global Model Has Got It Wrong
By Niko Kyriakou
UNITED NATIONS - Indigenous people at global talks here through the end of next week are urging international development and financial institutions to redirect funding to poverty reduction strategies that protect their rights to land, resources, and traditional culture.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28765

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LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Leaders Say World Bank Should Take Its Own Advice
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - The World Bank should follow its own advice and modify its policies and prescriptions for Latin America, indigenous leaders told IPS.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28761

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COLOMBIA: Anti-Drug Herbicide to Be Sprayed Again in Nature Reserves
By Yadira Ferrer*
BOGOTA - The Colombian government plans to renew fumigation in nature reserves using the herbicide glyphosate to wipe out illicit drug crops. The practice was suspended in March 2004 in those areas as a result of protests by activists who argued that it violated international treaties, national laws, and agreements with local indigenous and peasant farming communities.
http://ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28759

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