Environment and indigenous communities Archives - FIBGAR Fundación Internacional Baltasar Garzón Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:40:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://fibgar.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-v_vertical_sin_texto-e1585918866851-32x32.png Environment and indigenous communities Archives - FIBGAR 32 32 Historical debt, present-day dispossession: indigenous peoples versus the Argentine State https://fibgar.es/en/historical-debt-present-day-dispossession-indigenous-peoples-versus-the-argentine-state/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27438 The Argentine State has a historical debt to indigenous communities. Argentine society has been shaped by constant conflict with anything deemed to differ from the ‘Argentine’ ideal that was sought to be constructed during the nineteenth century. These ‘othernesses’ comprised both immigrants and the native communities of the territory. That idealised model of ‘being Argentine’,...

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]]> A Nation Standing Tall: Progress and Setbacks in the Dismantling of Environmental Protection in Argentina Under the Administration of Javier Milei https://fibgar.es/en/a-nation-standing-tall-progress-and-setbacks-in-the-dismantling-of-environmental-protection-in-argentina-under-the-administration-of-javier-milei/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27293 Historically, Argentina has positioned itself as a pioneer, a model, and a guarantor of human rights worldwide. Over the past 40 years, it has been one of the few countries to ratify all international treaties protecting human rights, granting them constitutional status (OHCHR 2024) and, as highlighted by the Office of the UN High Commissioner...

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]]> The economic situation in Nicaragua under the Ortega-Murillo regime and the repression of peasants and indigenous communities https://fibgar.es/en/the-economic-situation-in-nicaragua-under-the-ortega-murillo-regime-and-the-repression-of-peasants-and-indigenous-communities/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27261 Nicaragua possesses a wealth of natural resources, notably gold and timber, but its strategic geographical position has also encouraged large-scale projects such as the Nicaragua Canal, with foreign backing – notably from major Chinese investors – and has served as a gateway or transit zone for migrants travelling between South and North America. But how...

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]]> The Peruvian Amazon: from the ‘green lung’ to illegal gold, social and environmental conflicts: between unenforced laws and forgotten indigenous peoples  https://fibgar.es/en/the-peruvian-amazon-from-the-green-lung-to-illegal-gold-social-and-environmental-conflicts-between-unenforced-laws-and-forgotten-indigenous-peoples/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:53:11 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27197 Introduction Historically, the cultural diversity of countries has, on numerous occasions, been characterised by practices of racism and exclusion towards indigenous peoples. This situation is reflected in the limited exercise of their rights and duties, as well as the insufficient incorporation of their basic needs into public policies; this creates gaps in maintaining a healthy...

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]]> At the forefront of global environmental governance: The Rights of Nature in Latin America and Indigenous Peoples https://fibgar.es/en/at-the-forefront-of-global-environmental-governance-the-rights-of-nature-in-latin-america-and-indigenous-peoples/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://fibgar.es/?p=27094 “It sounds strange, doesn’t it? This idea that nature has rights… It’s madness. As if nature were a person! Yet it sounds perfectly normal that large US corporations should enjoy human rights.”  Eduardo Galeano (2017) Nature as a subject of rights According to the Earth Law Centre, the rights of Nature (hereinafter RN) are defined...

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