Brazil intercepts illegal flight over Indigenous land invaded by gold miners
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian Air Force said on Tuesday it fired warning shots at a plane and forced it to land for violating a no-fly ban over the Yanomami Indigenous reservation…
Australian PM to plan new path toward Indigenous reconciliation
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government will take time to plan how to pursue reconciliation with the country’s Indigenous people, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday, following the…
Explainer-What is Australia’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum?
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum on Oct. 14 to constitutionally recognise its Indigenous people through the establishment of a representative body that…
Australians to reject Indigenous Voice in referendum – final YouGov poll
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians are set to overwhelmingly say ‘No’ to a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country’s Indigenous people in a referendum on Saturday, one of the final opinion polls ahead…
Factbox-The fragmented forces opposing Australia’s Indigenous referendum
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is scheduled to hold a referendum on Oct. 14 to decide whether to create a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous advisory body to parliament, as requested by…
Indigenous minister calls on Lula to kill farm lobby’s land bill
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s first Indigenous cabinet minister is urging President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to veto a bill pushed through Congress by the farm lobby that she…
Australia PM ‘optimistic’ of long-shot win in Indigenous rights referendum
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he remained hopeful a referendum to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution would succeed, even as the measure lags…
Australia PM votes in struggling referendum on Indigenous rights
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted on Saturday in a referendum to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution, a week from a national polling day on the…
Australian Aboriginal leader threatened ahead of referendum on Indigenous rights
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Indigenous senator in Australia was targeted with threats and racial abuses in a video on social media, just days before the country votes in a referendum on whether…
Nicaraguan Indigenous party says government has barred it ahead of local elections
By Ismael Lopez (Reuters) – Nicaraguan electoral authorities barred an Indigenous party that has in the past clashed with President Daniel Ortega, a party official said on Wednesday, leaving the ruling Sandinistas…
Australia Indigenous referendum opposition led by older, rural voters -poll
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian constitutional referendum on Indigenous recognition is on track to be defeated amid strong opposition from older voters and those living outside cities, according to…
Australia PM rallies support for Indigenous referendum as early voting starts
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday he would focus on having one-on-one conversations with Australians to rally support for the Indigenous referendum, as early voting began in…
Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists
By Gwladys Fouche and Ilze Filks OSLO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for…
Polls show Australia Indigenous referendum support slipping, likely to fail
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Support for a referendum to constitutionally recognise Australia’s Indigenous people slipped further, with the landmark proposal set to fail in a national vote roughly three weeks…
Record numbers of Australians enrol for referendum on Indigenous recognition
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A record number of Australians have enrolled to vote next month in a referendum to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution, according to the election commission. Australians…
CBP Returns Historical Indigenous Artifacts to Costa Rica
MIAMI — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned three historic artifacts on Thursday from the Caribbean Archaeological Subregion that were seized from a passenger that arrived at the Orlando International Airport…
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Support for the inclusion of an Indigenous advisory panel in Australia’s constitution has dipped further, a poll showed on Monday, putting the landmark proposal on track for defeat ahead…
More than half of Australians oppose Indigenous panel in constitution, poll shows
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – More than half of Australians would reject the inclusion of an Indigenous advisory panel in the constitution, a newspaper poll showed on Monday, as the government…
Australia sets October date for historic vote on Indigenous recognition
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians will vote on October 14 on whether they want to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait island people, a defining moment in the…
Australia to unveil Indigenous referendum voting date next week
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government said it would announce the voting date for a landmark referendum to constitutionally recognise the country’s Indigenous people next Wednesday as it battles a dip in…
Agency Headed By ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ Advocate Delayed Water Diversion To Help Fight Hawaii Fires, Letter Says
Agency Headed By ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ Advocate Delayed Water Diversion To Help Fight Hawaii Fires, Letter Says Nick Pope on August 17, 2023 West Maui Land Co., a major water company in Maui,…
Colombia’s potential renewables boom short circuits on Indigenous resistance
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – In May, a forum bringing together leaders debating wind and solar development in Colombia’s La Guajira province was disrupted by a chorus of passionate opposition. “La…
Qantas unveils new livery in support for Indigenous referendum
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Qantas on Monday unveiled plans for some aircraft to carry special livery supporting recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Island people in Australia’s constitution, stepping into the divisive debate…
Tough road ahead for Australia’s landmark Indigenous referendum as support dips
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – A referendum to constitutionally recognise Australia’s Indigenous people would fail if held now, opinion polls out this week show, adding pressure on the government to improve…
Australia debates Indigenous referendum as pamphlets launched
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Parties on both sides of a debate on whether to constitutionally recognise Australia’s Indigenous people released their official pamphlets on Tuesday, which will start being delivered to letterboxes across…
Australian watchdog urges banks to move Indigenous clients into low-fee accounts
(Reuters) -Australia’s corporate regulator on Wednesday asked the country’s banks to disclose data on fees charged to Indigenous consumers after a review found they were not meeting targets for moving First Nations…
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