Intervention in the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Delivered by the Maya Lawyers Association and Cultural Survival
Theme 3 (continuation): Discussion on the topic “Enhancing the right of Indigenous Peoples to self-determination in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: highlighting the voices of Indigenous youth”
Presented by: Adriana Sunun (Kaqchikel Maya)
By César Gómez (Maya Poqomam, CS Staff)
As time goes by, communications evolve. Facebook, Instagram, X, WhatsApp, are some of the platforms that, second by second, minute by minute, interconnect millions of people around the world, bringing the borders of countries closer. However, these new technologies require the purchase of data, making their use dependent on the market and excluding the vast majority of the population who cannot afford them.
By Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff)
By Kajkoj Máximo Ba Tiul (Maya Poqomchí')
Guatemala: Years of Contempt and Abandonment
Guatemala has a population of close to 18 million inhabitants, mostly Indigenous, although the last census reported the population at 40 percent. The Indigenous population is made up of four Nations known as the Maya, Xinka, Garifuna, and Ladino Peoples. The Maya Nation is the largest, with 23 distinct Peoples. This composition of its inhabitants makes Guatemala a plurinational country.
By Francesco Cricchio (CS Intern)
By Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche', CS Staff)
Radio Tuklik serves five communities in the municipalities of Mayapan, Cantamayec, and Tahdziú, located adjacent to each other in the south and east regions of the Yucatan, Mexico. The state of Yucatan consists of 106 municipalities across 7 regions: west, northwest, center, central coast, northeast, east, and south.
Gracias Sr. Presidente, hermanos y hermanas Indígenas del mundo: En nombre de las radios Comunitarias Indígenas de Guatemala, manifestamos:
Kablaj Qawuq
Venimos desde muy temprano, recorriendo nuestras montañas y valles. Acompañado del sonido del agua, que es la sangre que recorre todas las venas de nuestra “sagrada tierra”.
Mientras caminos, escuchamos el canto de los pájaros y de otros animales, que son nuestros hermanos pequeños.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
