The Emerald Review
Nearly half of the population in Bolivia is made up of Indigenous people, and they want leaders whose policy platforms reflect the interests of Indigenous communities. Evo Morales was elected as president in 2010, becoming the nation’s first Indigenous leader. His policies aimed to protect Indigenous people and their land rights, safeguarding them from exploitation. […]
Five years after discontinuing the practice, the Colombian government is set to resume aerial spraying of glyphosate on coca plants to confront its drug trafficking problem. Though the Colombian government is aware of the tactic’s environmental and social consequences, financial pressures from the United States oblige them to restart the fumigation, putting indigenous communities who […]