Nonprofit First Peoples Worldwide Surpassed $1 Million in Grants Directly to Indigenous Communities

ICTMN Staff
July 11, 2012
First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants directly to Indigenous projects, programs and communities since its inception in 1997...

Indigenous Leaders Sign Agreement With Government for Consultation on TIPNIS Highway

Sara Shahriari
July 04, 2012
UPDATED JULY 9, 2012: Marchers who walked for two months to reach Bolivian President Evo Morales' doorstep in protest of a road that would cut through the National Park and Indigen...

Video: Indigenous Marchers Camped in La Paz, Seek Meeting With Evo Morales

Sara Shahriari
July 04, 2012
More than 1,000 indigenous marchers entered the Bolivian city of La Paz on June 27, after a police strike that delayed the march ended early in the morning...

Indigenous Delay March as Police Strike Grips Bolivia

Sara Shahriari
June 26, 2012
Update June 27, 2012: More than 1,000 indigenous marchers entered the Bolivian city of La Paz today, after a police strike that delayed the march ended early in the morning...

Luxurious Eco-Tourism in Bolivian Amazon is Saving Rainforest and Supporting Indigenous Community

Sara Shahriari
July 01, 2012

The rainforest is alive, from the humid, black earth underfoot to the peaks of the tallest trees.

Second TIPNIS March as Important as First, Despite Lack of Attention

Sara Shahriari
June 06, 2012
A once close relationship between Bolivia's Aymara Indian President Evo Morales and some indigenous groups that backed his rise to the presidency is now damaged...

Sacred Lake Titicaca Is Being Drowned by Pollution

Sara Shahriari
May 14, 2012

Brown, rolling plains that seem to stretch on to eternity are suddenly broken by the brilliant blue of Lake Titicaca.

Bolivia’s Economy Grows, but Challenges Still Persist

Sara Shahriari
May 10, 2012
Evo Morales promised a new economic policy based on indigenous principles and an aggressive redistribution of natural resource wealth to benefit all Bolivians when he became the co...

Bolivia TIPNIS Road Conflict Reignites

Sara Shahriari
March 30, 2012
Five months after their 350-mile march ended in apparent victory, hundreds of people from Bolivia's eastern lowlands have decided to protest again...

Indigenous Government on a National Scale: Remapping Bolivia, Transforming a Nation

Sara Shahriari
February 19, 2012
Bolivians made some radical changes over the past decade. They protested and died to prevent the government from exporting cheap natural gas...

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