Por Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff)
Por Cesar Gomez (Maya Pocomam, CS Staff)
By Rebecca Kirkpatrick (CS Intern)
By Laura Harvey (CS Intern)
Por La Red Mesoamericana de Radios Comunitarias, Indígenas, Garífunas y Feministas
Por Teresita Orozco, Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival joins in calls for action to implement recommendations of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
On June 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Belize ruled in favor of Maya land rights, upholding the community of Jalacte’s right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) on their customary lands. The court issued a decision in the case, Jalacte Village vs. the Attorney General, ruling that the government breached the Maya Peoples’ constitutional rights, obligating the government of Belize to return the lands that had been taken without the community’s consent and ordering compensation of the equivalent of $3.12 million USD.
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.