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Israel confiscated thousands of hectares of Palestinian land in 2023

Published on: March 29, 2024
11:39

Ramallah, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Israel confiscated 50,526 dunams of Palestinian land (just over five thousand hectares) in 2023, almost twice the figure of the previous year, the Central Bureau of Statistics denounced today.

Siekopai people celebrate Court decision to return territories

Published on: November 29, 2023
10:35

Quito, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The indigenous people of the Amazonian Siekopai celebrated the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador to return their territories after being displaced in the 1940s by a war with Peru.

Syrians from the Golan protest against an Israeli project

Published on: June 20, 2023
11:09

Damascus, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The residents of the Syrian Golan, occupied by Israel since June 1967, protested today to prevent the construction of dozens of wind turbines on their agricultural lands.

Brazilian originary people remain mobilized after pause in land trial

Published on: June 9, 2023
07:48

Brasilia, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) Indigenous leaders announced that the mobilization against the so-called temporary framework affecting native land rights will continue on successive days after the interruption of the trial in the Brazilian Supreme Court.

FAO organizes workshop for Cuban farmers

Published on: March 24, 2023
13:09

Havana, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Embassy of the Netherlands, organized a workshop for Cuban food producers, an official report said on Friday.

Cutbacks to the Colonization Institute are rejected in Uruguay

Published on: October 8, 2021
11:06

Montevideo, Oct 8 (Prensa Latina) The 'Frente Amplio' (Broad Front) of Uruguay rejected today the cut of 50 percent of resources of the Colonization Institute (INC), which the Government presented as a solution to a questioned detour of funds.

Uruguayan government agrees on funds for land colonization

Published on: October 7, 2021
11:15

Montevideo, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The coalition of parties in the government of Uruguay reached an agreement today to allocate budget items to irregular settlements without leaving the National Colonization Institute (INC) without funds.

Indigenous protest continues in Brazil over indigenous lands ruling

Published on: August 26, 2021
09:52

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) About six thousand indigenous people from 176 ethnic groups continue here today with their protest to put pressure on the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to reject a proposal that will hurt the future of the demarcation of ancestral lands.

UNGA calls for urgent actions on soil degradation

Published on: June 15, 2021
07:16

United Nations, Jun 15 (Prensa Latina) UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir on Monday urged to build up efforts to prevent further soil degradation and thus preserve food safety.

Brazil gov’t authorizes use of national force on indigenous land

Published on: June 14, 2021
13:46

Brasilia, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Government on Monday authorized the use of the National Public Security Force in the Yanomami indigenous territory, in the country's northern region, scene of armed conflicts between illegal miners and indigenous people.

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