Increasing violence in Mexico has led to an increase in state-sponsored murders and killing by the police, the military, and paramilitary forces in an attempt to re-establish state control across the country.
The Panara in Brazil have organized to sue for the protection of the land from private interests and have made steady gains in the government to do so.
The Kwamalasemutu, whose lands are located in gold and diamond concessions, are seeking government protection from the actions of Golden Star, a Canadian mining company.
Indigenous communities Venezuelan cities are consistently marginalized, but their cultural preservation is encouraged by social organizations and institutions within these cities.
As indigenous migration to Mexico City increases, it seems that the Mexican government is unable to provide suitable living conditions for the incoming native peoples.
Mapuche migrations to the cities has been a necessity of survival, but Mapuche identity is persisting in the next generation. However, this introduces a potential split in in the definition of the Mapuche, an urban and rural one.
Protesters were removed from in front of the Honduran Presidential Palace after days of protesting the state-sponsored assassinations of indigenous leaders.