Leadership workshops
Indigenous women in south-eastern Venezuela have begun a series of leadership workshops.
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Project launch in Venezuela
We recently launched a significant project in Venezuela, funded by the Delegation of the European Commission in Caracas.
Malaria and mining
The BBC has a very good article on the relationship between malaria and mining in south-eastern Venezuela. “Both the government and critics agree that the cause of the surge [in malaria] is in part due to to the boom of illegal gold mining in the region. Mining was introduced to …
Meeting in Kanavayen
The Fundación del Agua organised a meeting in Kanavayen for women leaders from the Gran Sabana region in south-eastern Venezuela.
Forums in Caracas and Mérida
[slideshow id=4] As part of its on-going support to organisations in Venezuela, LAMMP attended one of two forums arranged by the organisation Homo et Natura from Zulia state in western Venezuela. The two forums were titled “Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas y la Lucha por sus Territorios” (Collective Rights of …
Zenaida’s story
Whilst some in Venezuela are mourning the death of Hugo Chávez, the indigenous Yukpa people are mourning the death of their leader, Chief Sabino Romero, murdered on 3rd March. The story of his daughter Zenaida is told here.
Last Stand of the Yukpa
To mark the 12th of October, the day on which the arrival of Christopher Colombus in America in 1492 is commemorated, LAMMP denounces the silent ethnocide of the Yukpa indigenous people in the state of Zulia, Venezuela.
The Ministry doesn’t know what is going on
Zenaida Romero, daughter of Yukpa cacique Sabino Romero (whose situation we have reported extensively before), declared in a radio interview that the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs “doesn’t know what is going on” in the indigenous communities of Sierra de Perijá (in western Venezuela), and that their representative “is lying”. The …
Meeting with vice-minister in Kanavayen
To celebrate International Women’s Day, members of the Fundación del Agua attended a meeting for women leaders from the Gran Sabana region in south-eastern Venezuela, with vice-minister Choli Lott from the Ministry for Popular Power.
Mujeres del Agua national press coverage
The work of one of our groups in Venezuela, Mujeres del Agua, has been described in an article in Últimas Noticias, a national newspaper with a wide circulation. The article was written by Yolanda Jaimes, professor in law at the Central University in Caracas.