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  • 9
    Sep
    2012
    12:13am, EDT

    Images show peaceful scenes from settlement where indigenous groups, Venezuela dispute whether Amazon massacre took place

    Ariana Cubillos / AP

    An aerial view of a village called Irotatheri is seen as Yanomami Indians stand in the main courtyard in Venezuela's Amazon region, Friday, Sept. 7. A Venezuelan army spokesman, who traveled to with other military officers and journalists, said that officials found no sign of any killings and that all was peaceful in the area, which is located 12 miles from the border with Brazil, despite a report of a mass killing there.

    After reports of a massacre of in a tribal village in the Amazon, military officials and journalists traveled to the remote region this week. Photos received on Sept. 8 show peaceful scenes of village life.   

    "We can tell the country that we have seen no evidence of death," said Nicia Maldonado, Venezuela's minister of government affairs, in televised comments.

    Native rights groups and some local politicians criticized the government, saying it reached that conclusion prematurely.

    The remoteness of the region - and the nomadic habits of the Yanomami tribe - make it unlikely officials could have reached the exact spot where the attack was reported to have taken place, they said. Even natives, they point out, take days to move among settlements in the region.

    -- Reported by Reuters

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    Yanomami natives of the Irotatheri community.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    Yanomami natives perform a ritual dance at Irotatheri community.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    A Yanomami child remains on top of the structure of a hut.

    Ariana Cubillos / AP

    A Yanomami Indian sitting in a hammock feeds a baby mouth to mouth.

    Ariana Cubillos / AP

    A Yanomami Indian woman sits on a fallen tree as she chews tobacco.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    A Yanomami woman walks with her child on her back.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    A Yanomami family eats.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    Yanomami natives rest next to a bonfire.

    Leo Ramirez / AFP - Getty Images

    The Irotatheri community is seen at night.

     

    73 comments

    All I can say is, if these people are living a fulfilling existence without interference from the likes of people like us, we should leave them alone!! We have no right to interfere with their way of life...PERIOD!! And that goes for Religious Hippocrates especially!!

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  • 18
    Jul
    2012
    6:35pm, EDT

    Colombian army retakes strategic hill

    Christian Escobar Mora / EPA

    Colombian army members throw tear gas canisters toward a group of indigenous at the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio on July 18.

    By Associated Press

    TORIBIO, Colombia — Colombian authorities say they’ve retaken a strategic hill in the country’s turbulent southwest from Nasa Indians who had forcibly dislodged soldiers.

    The action early Wednesday by a squad of riot police came a day after Indians armed with clubs and rocks dragged six soldiers off the hilltop. Read more here

    Christian Escobar Mora / EPA

    Indigenous stand clear of tear gas thrown by Colombian army forces from the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, Colombia, on July 18.

    Christian Escobar Mora / EPA

    Colombian army members examine indigenous on the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, on July 18.

    See more on the conflict here:

    • Nasa Indians overpower soldiers in Colombia

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    16 comments

    To everybody posting, you're all correct. But you forget one thing, times have change and anybody can call themselves journalist. Media is about entertainment not news. Those days are long gone.

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