CHINESE LANDING, Guyana (AP) — One of Guyana’s smallest Amerindian villages is waging a monumental battle that could decide the amount of control that thousands of indigenous people have over their ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A United Nations agency is urging Guyana to review the practice of granting mining permits and concessions in indigenous communities before obtaining consent from Amerindians ...

* Amerindians say land snatched through poor planning * Goverment seeking to save forests under U.N. program By Neil Marks GEORGETOWN, June 30 (Reuters) - Guyana's indigenous people are accusing the ...

Indigenous matters blog The Voice of the Taino People publishes a press release issued by the Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana (APA) objecting to the passage of the Amerindian Bill 2005 in its ...

The Amerindian People’s Association (APA) in Guyana has received 252,500 euros ($285,300) in funding from the French government for a project to strengthen Indigenous councils and leaders in upholding ...

An altar server prays during Mass in St. Ignatius, Guyana. (Credit: CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey.) Listen LETHEM, Guyana — Edwina Tancredo last saw her 17-year-old son more than a year ago, when he and some ...

VSO intern Michiyo gets to spend some time in a Makushi Amerindian village in Guyana's Rupununi region, and experience first-hand the community's efforts at running an eco-resort. As usual, she also ...

A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), which observed Guyana’s 1 September 2025 General and Regional Elections has concluded that the elections were largely peaceful with voting, counting, and ...

Edwina Tancredo last saw her 17-year-old son more than a year ago, when he and some friends left the village of Hiowa to seek work in a mine. A few months later, most of the group returned, but not ...