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Welcome to Abya Yala News, the journal of the South and Mesoamerican Indian Rights Center (SAIIC). Abya Yala News provided a unique source of news and analysis relating to Indigenous issues in Meso and South America from Indigenous peoples' perspectives.

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Vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 1984)  
Vol. 1, no. 2 (Fall 1984)  
Vol. 1, no. 3 (Winter 1985)  
Vol. 1, no. 4 (Spring 1985)  
Vol. 2, no. 1 (Fall 1985)  
Vol. 2, no. 2 (Winter 1986)  
Voices and Images of Indigenous Women of the Americas (Vol. 2, no. 3, Spring 1986)  
Vol. 2, no. 4 (Summer 1986)  
Vol. 3, no. 1 (Fall 1986)  
Vol. 3, no. 2 (Winter 1987)  
Vol. 3, no. 3 (Summer 1987)  
Vol. 4, no. 1 (Summer 1998)  
Recovering Our America (Vol. 4, nos. 2 & 3, Fall 1988 & Winter 1989)  
Forging Alliances (Vol. 5, nos. 2 & 3, Fall 1989 & Winter 1990) Forjando Alianzas (Vol. 5, nos. 2 y 3, Setiembre 1989 - Marzo 1990)
News from Around the Continent (Vol. 5, nos. 3 & 4, December 1990)  
News from Around the Continent (Vol. 6, nos. 1 & 2, Spring & Summer 1991) Encuentro: Las Mujeres Indigenas de todo el Continente se Reunen para Enterrar los Cinco Siglos de Oscuridad y prepararse para una nueva Era (Vol. 6, nos. 1 & 2, primavera y verano 1992)
March on Quito: Amazon Indians Demand to be Heard (Vol. 6, no. 3, Spring & Summer 1992)  
A New Beginning (Vol. 6, no. 4, Fall 1992) Comienza Una Nueva Etapa (Vol. 6, no. 4, Noviembre 1992)
1993 Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (Vol. 7, nos. 1 & 2, Winter/Spring 1993) Año de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo (Vol. 7, nos. 1 & 2, Julio/Agosto 1993)
II Continental Encounter of Indigenous Peoples (Vol. 7, nos. 3 & 4, Winter 1993) Vol. 7, nos. 3 & 4
Chiapas: Indigenous Uprising with Campesino Demands? (Vol. 8, nos. 1 & 2, Summer 1994) Chiapas (Vol. 8, nos. 1 & 2, Julio-Septiembre 1994)
Indian Movements and The Electoral Process (Vol. 8, no. 3, Fall 1994) Movimiento Indígena Procesos Electorales (Vol. 8, no. 3, Otoño 1994
Confronting Biocolonialism (Vol. 8, no. 4, Winter 1994) Confrontando el Biocolonialismo (Vol. 8, no. 4, Invierno 1994)
State Frontiers and Indian Nations (Vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 1995) Fronteras Estales y Naciones Indigenas (Vol. 9, nos. 1 & 2, Noviembre 1995)
Indigenous Women Organizing (Vol. 10, no. 1, Spring 1996) Mujeres Indigen se Organizan, Brasil: Ataque a Tierras Indigenas (Vol. 10, no. 1, Junio 1996)
Confronting Cultural Extinction (Vol. 10, no. 2, Summer 1996) Confrontado la Extincion Cultural: Las Culturas Indigenas Siguen Desapareciendo en las Americas (Vol. 10, no. 2, Deciembre 1996)
Indian City (Vol. 10, no. 3, Summer 1997)  
ILO Convention 169 in Latin America (Vol. 10, no. 4, Fall 1997) Convenio 169 en Latinoamerica (Vol 10, no. 4, Otoño 1997)
Ecojustice and Health: Indigenous Communities at Risk (Vol. 11, no. 1, Spring 1998) Ecojusticia y Salud: Pueblos Indigenas Defeniendo Muestra Madre Tierra (Vol. 11, no. 1, 1998)

Some of the articles from the journal are also available in a Zotero database.

About the name:

"Abya Yala" means "Continent of Life" in the language of the Kuna peoples of Panama and Colombia. The Aymara leader Takir Mamani suggested the selection of this name (which the Kuna use to denominate the American continents in their entirety), and proposed that all Indigenous peoples in the Americas utilize it in their documents and oral declarations. "Placing foreign names on our cities, towns and continents," he argued, "is equal to subjecting our identity to the will of our invaders and to that of their heirs." The proposal of Takir Mamani has found a favorable reception in various sectors.