SALSA’s News Archive

Disruptions in Deep South Rupununi due to COVID-19 (4-29-20)

Disruptions in Deep South Rupununi due to COVID-19 Stabroek News 4-29-2020 'With schools being closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), many residents of Karaudarnau Village, Deep South Rupununi, have retreated to their respective farms in the nearby forests to avoid the outbreak, however, they are still...

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Cuatro positivos por COVID-19 en delegación que recorrió el río Corrientes – Peru (4-30-20)

Cuatro positivos por COVID-19 en delegación que recorrió el río Corrientes - Peru CAAAP 4-30-2020 Cuatro personas que integraban la tripulación de la lancha «Tocache» contratada por la Municipalidad de Trompeteros, para distribución de canastas básicas de alimentos en comunidades del río Corrientes, dieron positivo cuando se les...

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COVID-19: “Not an excuse” to roll back environmental protection and enforcement (4-15-20)

COVID-19: “Not an excuse” to roll back environmental protection and enforcement UNHR 4-15-2020 COVID-19 must not be used as an excuse to weaken environmental protection, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd said. “In light of the global environmental crisis that predates COVID-19, these...

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Solidarity with the Pueblo Shuar Arutam Facing COVID-19 emergency (4-30-20)

Solidarity with the Pueblo Shuar Arutam Facing COVID-19 emergency 30 April 2020 We, the undersigned organizations express our solidarity and support to the authorities of the Shuar Arutam People (PSHA), to the Shuar People in general, and to all peoples and nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon, currently...

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