Posts By: Simon McCormack
February 3, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
UN Launches 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
New York, NY — On Feb. 1, the United Nations kicked off the 2019 Year of Indigenous Languages at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The year aims to […] Read More >
January 31, 2019 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
New Yorkers Join Protesters Around the World in Fight for Brazilian Amazon
Demarcação já! Demarcação já! (Demarcation now! Demarcation now!) This was the chant of a sparse but vocal group of protesters gathered outside the Brazilian Consulate in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday […] Read More >
October 10, 2018 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
How Can the UN Better Include Indigenous Peoples in Its Development Goals?: There’s An App For That
NEW YORK — “These are the people who can either choose to support us, or choose to destroy our lives and our lands with their international development projects?” This was […] Read More >
April 4, 2018 > Jacquelyn Kovarik
Goni and El Zorro fall and $10 Million is awarded to Indigenous Bolivian survivors in landmark human rights case
FORT LAUDERDALE, April 3, 2018—In an unexpected move, a federal jury found the ex-President of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and his foreign minister, Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, responsible for the […] Read More >