En lo profundo de la selva Lacandona, el hogar de los últimos descendientes de los antiguos mayas, Fabiola Benavente descubrió una conexión espiritual inesperada y profunda.

Deep in the Lacandon rainforest, staying with the last descendants of the ancient Mayans, Fabiola Benavente discovered an unexpected and profound spiritual connection.

Seldom can the uttering of one word have caused such joy across a nation.

Seldom can the uttering of one word have caused such joy across a nation.

Three former Prime Ministers of Australia were among the 300 who attended the State Funeral of Kim Edward Beazley on 20 October 2007. In 1953 Beazley spent seven weeks at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux, Switzerland – an experience which profoundly affected his life and political career.

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, said today in Caux that a lot of the world’s environmental degradation would never have happened if governments had listened to the world’s indigenous peoples. He was speaking the day before the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, at the Initiatives of Change conference centre.

Austrália estava cometendo os mesmos erros em seus relacionamentos com as nações do Pacífico que com suas próprias tribos indígenas, reclamou a ganhadora do prêmio das Ilhas Salomão, jornalista Mary Louise O’Callaghan, num fórum público em Melbourne, em 12 de janeiro de 2007. “Nós damos um pouco de dinheiro e esperamos que seus problemas vão embora”, ela disse. O que era preciso era estar pronto para ouvir as perspectivas do povo indígena, tanto do país quanto de outras tribos no Pacífico.

Why is Bolivia’s controversial new President so popular in his country? Andrea Cabrera Luna explains.

Ron Lawler meets a group of young Aboriginal people who are changing their town.

Luckily no-one was hurt except the poor moose.