Indigenous peoples

Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia
November 1, 2024
CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues.These include how to finance protections for 30%...
Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico
October 21, 2024
SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern...
Catholic priest and Indigenous activist Pérez killed by 2 gunmen in southern Mexico
October 20, 2024
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers in southern Mexico, was killed on Sunday.The prosecutors' office in the city of...
Spain Skips Mexican President’s Inauguration Amid Colonial Spat
September 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- Relations between Mexico’s president-elect and Spain are off to a bad start over grievances about abuses against Indigenous peoples committed by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago.Most Read from...