70% of Latin Americans live in cities and there has been a growing number of researchers interested in understanding indigenous communities living in cities.
Bolivian peasants protest a new law that has concentrated arable lands in the hands of the elite while inefficient minifundios remain and the peasants are left with unproductive land.
Following the end of government oversight in Yanomami area, gold miners have once again. The Yanomami are waiting for government support to return as illnesses and violence increase.
The find of a mummy burial in old Incan lands led to an international discussion of the rights of indigenous communities to the remains of their ancestors.