SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee (PIAC) Statements
SALSA Statement Murder of Arnaldo Benitez Vargas
Read moreDeclaración de SALSA Condenando el asesinato de Arnaldo Benitez Vargas y la violencia contra el pueblo Paì-Tavyterã del Paraguay...
SALSA Statement – Removal of Settlers Illegally Ocuppying the Apyterewa and Trincheira-Bacajá Indigenous Territories
Read moreLa Sociedad para la Antropología de las Tierras Bajas de América del Sur – SALSA, organización académica internacional compuesta…
Declaração da SALSA pedindo-lhe para vetar o Projeto de Lei no 2.903/2023 Marco temporal (10-8-23)
Read moreLa Sociedad para la Antropología de las Tierras Bajas de América del Sur – SALSA, organización académica internacional compuesta…
Declaración de SALSA en respaldo a los pueblos indígenas (7-29-23)
Read moreLa Sociedad para la Antropología de las Tierras Bajas de América del Sur – SALSA, organización académica internacional compuesta…
Declaración de SALSA sobre represión de pueblos indígenas en Perú (2-26-23)
Read moreDeclaración de SALSA SALSA exige el fin de la represión de los Pueblos Indígenas en Perú Febrero 26 de...
SALSA Statement on Attacks on Democracy in the Praça dos Três Poderes, Brasília (1-12-23)
Read moreSALSA Statement SALSA Repudiates the Attacks on Democracy in the Praça dos Três Poderes, Brasília 12 January 2023 The...
SALSA Statement on Tragic Deaths of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips (6-16-22)
Read moreSALSA Statement Os mortos trágicos de Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips 16 June 2022 Os estudantes, acadêmicos...
SALSA Statement Against Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 (6-27-21)
Read moreSALSA Statement Condemning Brazil’s Proposed Law #490/2007 27 June 2021 Strongly supported by the agro-industrial sector, Law #490/2007 provides...
SALSA Statement Against Resolution #4 of FUNAI (2-9-21)
Read moreSALSA Statement Against Resolution # 4 of FUNAI 9 February 2021 The Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South...
SALSA Statement on the Serious Situation of Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Chile (7-22-20)
Read moreSALSA Statement On the Serious Situation of Mapuche Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Chile 22 July 2020 The Society...
SALSA Letter to Brazilian authorities on failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population (6-15-20)
Read moreSALSA Letter to Brazilian Authorities On Brazil’s failure to protect the health and safety of Indigenous population during the...
SALSA Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter and Condemning Structural Violence (6-10-20)
Read moreSALSA Statement In Support of Black Lives Matter and Condemning Structural Violence 6-10-20 Declaração da SALSA em apoio à...
SALSA Denuncia a Posição Radical da FUNAI no Brasil (5-7-20)
Read morePIAC STATEMENT: SALSA is united in voicing our strong opposition to policies proposed by Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)…
Land Grabs and the Spread of Covid-19 in Brazilian Indigenous Areas (4-23-20)
Read morePIAC STATEMENT: Recently released audio and video clips, reported by the Brazilian network Globo on Sunday, April 19, 2020, reveal a…
Open letter on dangers of Covid-19 for Isolated Indigenous Peoples (3-23-20)
Read morePIAC STATEMENT: SALSA is deeply concerned about the dangers that the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the indigenous peoples of…
Nomination of Ricardo Lopes Dias as Head of FUNAI’s CGIIRC (2-6-20)
Read moreSALSA strongly condemns the nomination on Feb. 5, 2020 of Ricardo Lopes Dias to the position of coordinator of…
Amazon fires in Brazil: open letter (8.26.19)
Read moreWe join our voices to those in Brazil and throughout the world who are outraged by the swathe of…
Crimes against Pemón Indigenous Peoples: Letter to Venezuelan Government (8.04.19)
Read moreSALSA strongly condemns the murders, expulsion and persecution of indigenous Pemón people by security forces of the Venezuelan government…
Indigenous land invasions in Brazil: SALSA statement (8.01.19)
Read moreSALSA strongly condemns the recent invasion of native lands in Brazil by several thousand illegal gold-miners, and we call…
Academic Freedom and Public Anthropology in Colombia (4-29-19)
Read moreSALSA expresses its concern over the actions of the leadership of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History (ICANH)…
Francisca Keller Library – Donations (3.16.19)
Read moreSALSA is currently collecting donations in support of the project to create a new Francisca Keller Library of the…
Murder threats against Tupinanba Chief Babau – Petition calling for a full investigation (2.12.19)
Read moreTupinamba Chief Babau threatened to death for leading demarcation process of the Terra Indigene Tupinamba de Olivença, Bahia-(in Portuguese)
Election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil (11.12.18)
Read moreMr. Bolsonaro’s election threatens to accelerate dangers already facing minority populations and delicate ecosystems throughout Brazil, South America’s largest…
Trump’s demonization of Latinos (11.11.18)
Read moreThe Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology (SLACA) has shared with SALSA the following statement regarding demonization of…
Brazilian National Museum Fire (09.06.18)
Read moreSALSA wishes to express our profound sadness and indignation with the destruction by fire of the Museu Nacional in…
Peruvian National Census of 2017 (08.11.17)
Read moreThe SALSA Public Issues and Actions Committee sent a letter to Peru\’s National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI)…
Brazilian anti-indigenous policies (05.18.17)
Read moreSALSA, together with Associação Brasileira de Antropolgia (ABA) and Groupe International de Travail pour les Peuples Autochtones (GITPA), recently…
Genocidal turn in Brazilian indigenous policies (5-9-17)
Read moreWe, teachers, intellectuals, and members of the academic world, hereby express our vehement repudiation of the anti-indigenous policy of…
Criminalization of anthropology in Brazil (5-9-2017)
Read moreSALSA letter to Carmen Lucia, Minister of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court regarding criminalization of anthropology in Brazil SALSA has...
Indigenous human rights in Brazil – Letter to Dilma Rousseff (2.18.16)
Read moreWe write this letter to denounce the Brazilian state’s systemic disregard of the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples
Twin Ocean Railroad – SALSA Statement (7.2.15)
Read moreIt is with great concern that SALSA has learned that the Peruvian, Brazilian, and Chinese governments have signed memoranda…
Mashco-Piro Situation – SALSA letter (10.14.14)
Read moreSALSA Letter on the situation of the Mashco-Piro (10.14.14) Letter to Diana Álvarez-Calderón Gallo, Minister of Culture, Peru [English...
SALSA Statement on ethical commitments (1.3.2013)
Read moreThe board of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America (SALSA) wishes to respond to the recent…
Belo Monte Dam Project – SALSA Statements (9.26.11)
Read moreSALSA wishes to express its concern regarding the proposed Belo Monte hydroelectric project in the Amazonian state of Para….
SALSA Statement on Belo Monte (8.18.10 )
Read moreIn solidarity with ABA, the Brazilian Anthropology Association, SALSA\’s first public action statement was this letter, sent to the…