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11 Aug Bolivia Amazon oil drilling plan opposed by tribes (Reuters)

Posted at 20:22h in News, Posts

Opposition to Amazon oil drilling from indigenous tribes is complicating efforts by Bolivian President Evo Morales to rejuvenate state-run energy company YPFB three years after he nationalized it...

07 Aug Indonesia judge to mediate over Freeport lawsuit (Reuters)

Posted at 17:20h in News, Posts

An Indonesian court has appointed a judge to seek a mediated settlement in a $30 billion lawsuit filed by a Papuan tribe against a unit of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX.N) over alleged damage from mining, a court official said...

07 Aug Aboriginal day school survivors sue federal government: Plaintiffs who say they suffered similar abuse hope Ottawa will include them in the residential school agreement (The Globe and Mail)

Posted at 17:17h in News, Posts

Gary McLean says that when he was seven years old and could not speak English, he was forced to attend Dog Creek Indian Day School. His older siblings taught him how to ask to go to the bathroom in English, but he says that didn't...