In the Amazon, Indigenous leaders are killed, and there's no action from the United Nations

Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Napo (FOIN) at U.N. Censored News

In the Amazon, Indigenous leaders are assassinated, and there's no action from the United Nations

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 25, 2025

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NEW YORK -- Indigenous women in the Amazon question why there is no decisive action from the United Nations while leaders are being assassinated and mining and criminals flourish in the Amazon.

"We can not talk about implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples if we do not recognize that illegal mining, drug trafficking, illegal logging, human trafficking and other illicit activities are killing us."

"These criminal economies pollute our rivers with mercury, they destroy our food sources, they worsen our health, and undermine our economies and they sow fear among our communities."

"Our leaders are assassinated, our young people are recruited and we are dispossessed of our lands and chased out."

"I'm wondering, why we are still not taking decisive action within these forums. These forums should provide a response."

"Our people cannot wait any longer."

"We need sufficient water, and now we seem to have sufficient water, but we are given toxic plastic to collect it in, so that is another problem."

Nely Shiguango, Quichua representative from the Amazon, representing 34 Indigenous women's groups in Latin America, the Federation of Indigenous Organizations of Napo (FOIN), spoke before the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as this week's session began in New York.

Friday, April 25, 2025

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