Kriol

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While the federal government officially recognizes Indigenous and Kriol autonomous governments and communal land ownership, a long legal process to resolve land conflicts is incomplete, and settlers often take advantage of lax enforcement on the ground.

From Salon

The Rama and Kriol depend on natural resources for subsistence farming and fishing and water, as well as their health, she says.

From Salon

Over the centuries, Indigenous and Kriol communities on the remote Caribbean coast have been subject to neglect and suppression by colonial and modern central governments.

From Salon

The region is home to around 135,000 Indigenous people from several groups and approximately 20,000 Kriol.

From Salon

Becky McCray, a Rama attorney who works on behalf of Rama and Kriol communities in the Río San Juan Biosphere Reserve, says local communities have filed complaints with various state bodies including the police and Marena, detailing what she calls "a massive invasion" of the reserve and illegal activities like deforestation, slash and burn agriculture, and the logging of precious woods.

From Salon