Después de casi tres años conformada la Red Centroamericana de radios comunitarias Indígenas se realiza el segundo Encuentro de Red y se elige a la nueva dirección que estará al frente de las actividades en los próximos tres años. Conoce más sobre este importante evento en este breve informativo.
Música de Introducción:
“Burn Your Village to the Ground” por A Tribe Called Red. Usado con permiso.
Albert Deterville, Expert Mechanism representative of Latin American and the Caribbean, discusses the Expert Mechanism, as created by the UN, on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the process in which they aid the monitoring of rights in regions around the world.
Listen to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples speak about an incident in July 2015 in Southern Belize affecting the rights of the Maya people.
Cristina Coc, a Q'eqchi Maya woman of southern Belize, shares how Mayan groups in Belize have been fighting for their rights for over 30 years. After many meetings with the State, the Belize national court has acknowledged legal Indigenous rights to their land and affirmed that the government may not use, destruct, or occupy Indigenous land.